How TO IMPROVE THE RURAL SCHOOL. 



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These trips may be used to furnish material for composi- 

 tion and language work. 



Make an agricultural survey of the school district, township 

 and county. 



Arrange statistics of your county as follows : 



In Miami county, as throughout the southwestern quarter of Ohio, 

 corn occupies a larger area than is given to the small grains combined, 

 the areas in the cereal crops and in meadows and clover for 1909, being 

 as follows: 



Corn .......................................... 60,912 acres 



Oats ........................................... 33,959 " 



Wheat ...... ................................... 25,376 " 



Meadows ...................................... 16,792 " 



Clover ......................................... 8,539 " 



It appears that a 5-year rotation of corn, corn, oats, wheat, clover 

 would approximate the average practice of the county. 



The average yields of corn and wheat for the past 60 years are given 

 below by 10-year periods: 



MIAMI CONUTY I AVERAGE YIELD IN BUSHELS PER ACRE. 



A BOOSTER. 



A booster is a man who does all the good he can, in all the ways 

 he can, to all the people he can and leaves the rest to God. 



Hugh Chalmers. 



A KNOCKER. 



A knocker is a man who does all the harm he can, in all the ways 

 he can, to all the people he can and leaves the rest to Satan. 



