Vlll TO THE TEACHER 



taking up home and farm life, will become apparent to 

 him and will receive adequate attention at his hands. 

 Farm arithmetic, therefore, should be a basic study in 

 every school in every rural community. 



USING THE BOOK. 



After the ordinary elementary work in arithmetic has 

 been covered, this book should follow at once. The 

 fundamentals of the first books in arithmetic will find 

 application and expression in this. In case it is desired 

 that further study be required in higher arithmetic, this 

 book may be made a supplementary text, alternating with 

 the other in the regular weekly periods. The problems 

 should be solved and the informational questions dis- 

 cussed and answered in the same manner as is followed 

 in the use of an ordinary text-book on higher arithmetic. 



The authors believe that an earnest use of this book 

 in the schools will be of inestimable value to every child. 

 This will be apparent both in the present school work and 

 in the practical results when school days are over and the 

 text-book problem becomes the real problem of the home 

 and farm. In every way the book aims to teach arithmetic 

 in terms of agriculture and agriculture in terms of arith- 

 metic, and to be a real part of the country life environ- 

 ment. 



