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alfalfa and radishes. In all, fourteen such undertakings are 

 described. 



Part II. Suggestions for Garden Work. One finds here 

 full directions as to how the work in gardening can be con- 

 ducted to best advantage in an elementary school. The place 

 of such work in the program is described, and a statement is 

 added of the necessary equipment in land, tools, measures, 

 seeds, fertilizers and reference and study books. 



Part III. Laboratory Work. This section contains de- 

 tailed descriptions of twelve experiments relating to plants and 

 soil. 



Part IV. Collateral Work. Instruction is given as to 

 the ways in which pupils may be given practice in the writing 

 of letters, in the keeping of diaries, in applying arithmetic, 

 drawing and manual training and in the use of business forms 

 in connection with the work of elementary agriculture. Sug- 

 gestions are made on the use of material, afforded by elementary 

 agriculture, as a basis for composition exercises. Possible 

 correlation with the work in geography and in science is also 

 indicated. 



The manual on agriculture projects should do much in pro- 

 moting the .practical work in the upper grammar grades, be- 

 cause it puts at the command of teachers and superintendents 

 a body of exercises that have been carefully prepared for use 

 under usual school conditions. 



First Project. Potato. 



A brief summary of this project is given as an illustration 

 of the method of treatment used in the manual. 



Preparation of the Soil. Advice is given on the kinds of 

 soil adapted for potato culture. The proper time for plowing 

 and the methods to be used in preparing the soil, by harrowing 

 and furrowing, are also discussed. Several kinds of fertilizers 

 are described. The manual points out ways whereby fertilizers 

 may be obtained at smallest expense and applied in the field to 

 best advantage. 



Seed, Selection and Preparation. The standard varieties 

 of seed and the qualities desired in potatoes used for planting 



