6 AGRICULTURE 



country well who transforms a poor and unprofitable soil 

 into a fertile and wealth-producing farm. He serves it also 

 who aids in introducing a better class of live-stock or in 

 producing better milk and butter. 



EXERCISE. Secure a small notebook with a back that will not easily 

 break. Tie to it a pencil. Use this for your agricultural exercises, and 

 for no other purpose. Before the end of the session this little note- 

 book will be more interesting to you than any printed book, and you 

 will be an author. 



As you study this chapter, write in your notebook a numbered list of 

 the plants you know. Write down the names of all the field crops 

 cultivated near your home. Opposite each write all of its uses. Like- 

 wise write a list of the names and uses of as many kinds as you can of 

 farm animals and poultry. 



NOTE TO THE TEACHER. Question pupils on the text of every 

 chapter. Encourage answers in the language of the child rather 

 than in the exact language of the book. Grade pupils as much on the 

 exercises at the end of each chapter, and on independent observation, as 

 on the text. By grades or other means stimulate the pupils to bring to 

 the class in agriculture object lessons appropriate to the subject in hand. 

 Require notebooks jmd examine these often. You will be helped in 

 teaching agriculture by having at hand " Exercises in Elementary Agri- 

 culture ; Plant Production," by Dick ]. Crosby. This bulletin is sent 

 free (on application) by the United States Department of Agriculture, 

 Washington, D.C. Procure bulletins from the Experiment Station in 

 your own state. 



