Il6 NATURE-STUDY REVIEW [11:3— Mar., 1915 



ll. Making the Yard Useful. 



The vegetable and fruit gardens. 



III. Insect Pests of the Household. 



IV. Heating the Home. 



V. Ventilating the Home. 



Winter 

 I. Lighting the Home. 

 II. The Home Water Supply. 



III. The Food Supply. 



IV. Entertainment in the Home. 



Musical instruments. 



Spring 

 I. Making the Yard Attractive. 



Shrubs, vines, flower garden. 

 II. Making the Yard Useful. 



Vegetable and fruit gardens; bee-keeping; poultry-keepmg. 



III. Enemies of the Garden; injurious insects. 



IV. Friends of the Garden. 



Beneficial insects; toads, birds, attracting birds around the home, bird 

 songs and plumage. 

 V. Soils of the Garden. 



Eighth Grade 



Central thought for the grade: The Sanitation and Science of Community 



Life 



Fall 

 L Insects That Threaten Health. 



Fly and mosquito. 

 II. Insects in Relation to Growing Crops. 

 Insect foes; insect friends. 



III. Plant Enemies of Crops. 



Weeds; fungous diseases. 



IV. Forest Trees. 

 V. Means of Travel. 



On land; on water; in the air. 

 VI. Means of Communication. 

 Telephone and telegraph. 



Winter 

 I. Public Health and Sanitation. 



Board of health ; milk supply; food supply; water supply; contagious 

 diseases; sewage disposal; parks and playgrounds: fire protection; 

 care of streets; lighting. 



