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AGRICULTURE 



topics for summer work will provide new spell- 

 ing lists. 



Problems. Assign problems based on plowing, 

 harrowing and planting. Estimate cost of crops 

 up to this time, making allowances for rent of 

 land and cost of fertilizer, seed and labor. The 

 home and school gardens, flocks of chickens, 

 etc.. will furnish material for other problems, 

 b pupil keep an accurate record of his 

 own projects. 



graphy lessons. Study the common insect 

 with reference to their origin and distribu- 

 Mukt> a similar study of weeds. Suggest 

 that the pupils make collections of pictures show- 

 ing farming methods carried on in European 

 countries. Locate fruit and vegetable canning 

 factories which utilize crops produced in the 

 community. Can crops of home projects be 

 raised and canned at such cost as will enable 

 the output to compete with factory products? 

 How would they compare in quality? 



History lessons. Trace the methods of plow- 

 ing, cultivating and harvesting from pioneer 

 to the present ; show development of farm 

 implements. What has been the effect of in- 

 vention of farm machinery on distribution of 

 crop acreage and types of farming? Trace also 

 the domestication of animals. 



Drawing lessons. Apple or other fruit blos- 

 soms in different states of growth may be 

 sketched. Sketch a codling moth or other in- 

 sect pest. Draw parts of apparatus and im- 

 proved machinery. Fill in the details of garden 

 maps begun previously. 



Physiology lessons. Give lessons on first aid 

 to the injured. Show pupils how to deal with 

 cuts, sprains, fractures and burns, and poison- 

 ing from weeds. Study preservation of foods 

 in the home. Continue study of fly control. 



Manual training exercises. Manual work in 

 May and June can best be done in the fields and 

 gardens. In some communities it may be prac- 

 ticable to construct a fireless cooker and demon- 

 strate its use. B.M.W. 



Consult Bailey*s Cyclopedia of American Agri- 

 culture, and his Rural Science Series; Voorhees's 

 I-'irst 1'rinciples of A griculture ;' Carney's Country 

 Life and the Country School; Warren's Farm 

 Management; Earle's Southern Agriculture. 



Itditted Subject*. Those who wish to make 

 a systematic study of agriculture are referred to 

 the topics below, each of which will be found in 

 its alphabetical order in these volumes. The 

 topics are arranged in groups according to their 

 relations : 



FARM EQUIPMENT 



Agricultural Machinery Reaping Machine 



Barn 



Binding Twine 



Flail 



Hoe 



Mowing Machine 



Plow 



Scythe 



Silo 



Sowing Machine 



Thrashing Machine 



Traction Engine 



SOIL TREATMENT 



Agricultural Chemistry Fertilizers 

 Drainage Guano 



Dry Farming Gypsum 



Irrigation 



Manures 



Phosphates 



Alfalfa 



Barley 



Buckwheat 



Clover 



Corn 



Cotton 



Flax 



Fruit ( see Fruits, below) 



Rotation of Crops 

 Soil 



CROPS 



Hay 



Kaffir Corn 



Millet 



Oats 



Rice 



Rye 



Wheat 



Alligator Pear 



Almond 



Apple 



Apricot 



Banana 



Bergamot 



Blackberry 



Brazil Nut 



Breadfruit 



Butternut 



Casaba 



Cherry 



Chestnut 



Citron 



Cocoanut 



Crab Apple 



Cranberry 



Currant 



Fig 



Gooseberry 



Grape 



Grapefruit 



Guava 



Huckleberry 



Kumquat 



Artichoke 



Asparagus 



Bean 



Beet 



Brussels Sprouts 



Cabbage 



Carrot 



Cauliflower 



Celery 



Chard 



Cucumber 



Eggplant 



Gumbo 



Kohl-rabi 



Lemon 



Lime 



Logan Berry 



Loquat 



Melon 



Mulberry 



Muskmelon 



Nectarine 



Orange 



Pawpaw 



Peach 



Peanut 



Pear 



Pecan 



Persimmon 



Pineapple 



Pistachio 



Plum 



Pomegranate 



Prune 



Quince 



Raspberry 



Strawberry 



Walnut 



Watermelon 



VEGETABLES 



Lentil 



Okra 



Onion 



Oyster Plant 



Parsnip 



Pea 



Potato 



Pumpkin 



Radish 



Squash 



Sweet Potato 



Tomato 



Turnip 



ENEMIES OF PLANTS 



Blight 

 Boll Weevil 

 Brown-tail Moth 

 Chinch Bug 

 Codling Moth 



Herbicides 



Paris Green 



Mildews 



Locust 



Potato Bug 



Diseases of Plants 



Curculio 

 Ergot 



Grain Beetle 

 Gypsy Moth 



See also 



San Jose Scale 

 Scale Insect 

 Smuts 

 Weevil 



Insecticides and 

 Fungicides 



