Land Problems and National Welfare 



mainly with matters of rural interest. 



Writing and Composition. — The subjects of 

 nature study and manual work, which have 

 been occupying the attention of the pupils, 

 should frequently form the subjects for com- 

 position. Nature study especially will be very 

 incomplete unless the children are able to 

 express clearly in their own words the informa- 

 tion and knowledge they have obtained. 



Arithmetic. — Introduce as much out of door 

 measurement of land, crops, stacks, cisterns, 

 etc., as possible, and also ascertain by weighing 

 and measuring, the weight of wheat, barley and 

 oats per bushel, etc. 



In the class room the problems should bear on 

 rural life and work, such as : — Household ac- 

 counts, the value of local produce in local markets, 

 a profit and loss account on the school garden, in- 

 terest on savings bank deposits, value correspond- 

 ing to cost of cartage per mile, cost of cultivation, 

 number of hurdles to a sheepfold, number of 

 cabbage plants required per acre, area of surface 

 exposed by round and rectangular hay stacks, 

 cubic yards of earth removed in land draining, 

 gallons of water in a cistern of known dimen- 

 sions, gallons of water per acre from x inches 

 of rain, trusses of hay in a hay stack, amount of 

 timber in a tree, etc. 



Nature Study. — The work of the children 

 should consist of, for example : — Making collec- 



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