CHAPTER XIX 



THE VARIOUS CROP OR CULTURE PLANTS 



To TEACHERS. It should be understood by the teacher 

 that the discussions and descriptions of various crops given 

 in the following pages are nowise intended to be memorized, 

 or even consecutively read, by the pupils. They should be 

 used as explanatory of the objects themselves at the times when 

 these are available, whether on the farm or in the city mar- 

 kets. The teacher is advised to take up only a few typical 

 forms which can easily be obtained in his locality for illus- 

 tration, and he should, if possible, enlarge on the objects 

 presented with respect to local conditions or localities of 

 production, thus inciting the home interest of the children, 

 and enabling them to fix the facts in their minds. In the 

 case of crops of great local importance, as e.g. in the orange 

 belts, the text of the book should be amplified by short 

 publications bearing on the subject, such as the Bulletins of 

 the Experiment Stations, or the " Farmers 7 Bulletins " of the 

 Department of Agriculture at Washington. The live teacher 

 can find both in country and city abundant opportunity for 

 imparting active interest in the study of these subjects to 

 pupils from the Kindergarten to the High School age. 



The general statements regarding each group of crop 

 plants are printed in large type, and may be used by them- 

 selves, but always in connection with the demonstration of 

 actual samples of at least one of the plants within that group. 



Wherever a school garden is available, it will be well to 



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