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7. Show by demonstration how legumes tend to con- 

 serve the fertility of the soil. 



8. Show by the use of different types of soil their re- 

 spective merits in the conservation of moisture. 



6. Soil Play Contest 



1. Soil type naming contest. 



2. Soil analysis contest. 



3. Soil guessing games. 



4. Soil sample getting contest. 



5. Stone naming contest, in which samples of various 

 types of native stones are placed before the contestants and 

 the one who can name the largest number in a given time 

 is to be judged the winner. 



7. Soil Fertility Club Projects 



The object of this club project is to organize the boys 

 and girls into a cooperative group for the purpose of build- 

 ing up the soil fertility of a community. The pupils should 

 pledge themselves to manage at least one acre of land dur- 

 ing the season with the idea of not only making a net profit 

 on the investment for the season, but of starting and carry- 

 ing on a three to five-year rotation of crops with a dis- 

 tinct plan of growing leguminous crops such as clover, 

 alfalfa, cow-peas, etc. This kind of a club project can be 

 easily combined with the other club work outlined in con- 

 nection with corn, small grains and forage crops. 



Combined club projects. The project may also con- 

 template the raising of some live stock such as a thorough- 

 bred pig, a baby beef, a pen of chickens, or any other live 

 stock which rightfully belongs to the economy of the farm. 

 Club members in this project should keep a definite record 

 with a view to showing the bookkeeping account and records 



