APPENDIX 343 



Farm Machinery. A number of farm implements will be used 

 as equipment in the exercises of this manual. This machinery 

 can be borrowed from local implement dealers. If it is not con- 

 venient to bring this machinery to the school grounds or laboratory, 

 the class should be taken to the implement house for the work. 

 If there are several implement dealers in the town, the class should 

 be taken to the different dealers for the different exercises. 



Live Stock. A very limited amount of work on live stock is 

 outlined in the manual. Where live stock is of special interest, 

 more time should be devoted to this phase of the work. In com- 

 munities where dairying is important several exercises should be 

 devoted to judging dairy cattle. The animals used for class judg- 

 ing can undoubtedly be secured from farmers or live-stock owners 

 in the community. Good live stock for school purposes can be 

 obtained in nearly every place. 



Field Lessons. Field lessons can be made the most valuable 

 part of the work in agriculture, but to accomplish this the instructor 

 must carefully plan the work. The instructor must be familiar 

 with everything to be observed and studied on the trip. In Ex. 

 68 and 69, on judging a farm, the farm chosen for the field trip should 

 be located as near the school as possible. The first day should be 

 spent studying the farm in the field and the second day used in 

 discussing the good and poor points of the farm and completing 

 the score card. 



Home Garden. For the exercise on the home garden, Ex. 49 

 and 50, the first day should be devoted to drawing the plan of 

 the garden, spacing and arranging the crops. The second day 

 should be used to figure the area devoted to each crop and the cost 

 for seed as determined by prices secured from seed dealers. 



Extra Exercises. A few more exercises appear in the manual 

 than it is possible to give in a year's work in agriculture. This 

 will allow some choice of exercises by the instructor. "Where 

 equipment is not available to perform a regular exercise, an extra 

 exercise may be substituted. Of the extra exercises 76 is adapted- 

 for the fall, while 77 and 78 are suited for spring. Where Ex. 78 

 is used, it should follow one month after Ex. 77. 



A Final Word to the Teacher. Nearly every exercise in this 

 manual is of such length that all the time possible for the laboratory 



