lo Aug., 1909.] A^^riailturc ill t/ic State Schools. 



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either possess, or are engaged in making collections of their local timbers, 

 both in the rough and smooth states, their economic uses and values being 

 investigated, the foliage and bark being also secured, mounted, and 

 labelled, for purposes of identification. In the same way, collections of 

 the local noxious weeds and pests are made, and the methods of their 

 eradication set out. 



LAKE TYERS SCHOOL CHILDREN (BLACKS AND WHITES) TAKING OBSERVATION 

 NOTES ON THE GROWTH OF THEIR PLOTS. 



Agriculture is treated educationally in the schools bv a series of scien- 

 tific experiments, in which the child's powers of observation and reasoning 

 are carefully and systematically cultivated. The results of all the exper'- 

 m.ents are clearlv set out in note-books. 



SCHOOL CHILDREN AT WORK, KALIMNA. 



The cour.se embraces — 



(a) The formation and analysis of soils (correlated with physical geography) ; 



(b) The nature and value of humus; 



(c) Plant foods and how obtained (Osmosis), and their availability at dif- 



ferent depths of soil ; 

 {d) The water-holding capacitv of soils — the necessit\- for drainage ; 

 (e) Tilla"e, mulching, the progress of plants in dry, drained, and saturated 



soils. 

 (/) The growth of plants under varying conditions. 



