The Principles of Agriculture 

 through the School and Home Garden 



BY C. A. STEBBINS, M.S. 



Supervisor of Agricultural Nature Study and Director of Rural School Extension, 



Chico State Normal School, Chico, California. 

 Formerly in Agricultural Education Division, University of California, Berkeley. 



Cloth, I2mo, illustrated, xxviii + 380 pages, $1.00 



This book is a pioneer in " industrial and educational 

 guidance to the study of the principles and methods in 

 soil, soil cultivation, and soil products." It is the most 

 practical manual in nature study, school gardening, and 

 agriculture in the elementary school. 



The aim of the book is : 



I. To provide a course in agriculture embodying instruction in 



elementary science, nature study, and school gardening. 

 II. To apply the practical method in the teaching of the theory 

 and practice of elementary agriculture. 



III. To create a favorable attitude on the part of the student 



toward the study of agriculture. 



IV. To serve the needs of the elementary school children by an 



intellectually satisfying treatment of the Home and School 

 Garden. 



V. To give to teachers the aids by direction, suggestion, and il- 

 lustration that are necessary for the successful teaching of 

 "Agriculture through the Home and School Garden. 11 



This book may be used as an independent text or in con- 

 nection with " The Beginner's Garden Book " or " Begin- 

 nings in Agriculture." 



THE MACMILLAN COMPANY 



NEW YORK CHICAGO BOSTON SAN FRANCISCO ATLANTA DALLAS 



