TO THE TEACHER 



No teacher of this subject may forget that its value is in its practice; 

 that it is studied not, in the end, for the sake of what can be learned, 

 but for the sake of what can be done with what is learned. Fully half of 

 every student's work in agriculture should be devoted to his garden, and 

 to the preparation of reports on his work there. 



The Note-Book. Each student should have a note-book. In it he 

 should report fully everything that he does, his reason for doing it, and 

 what it teaches him. Each day's work should be written up in the note- 

 book on that day. The teacher can have the notes kept satisfactorily 

 only by examining the note-books often and without previous notice. 

 From the daily notes the students should compile reports on the differ- 

 ent plants with which they work. For the sake of completeness and 

 convenience as to inspection and use, these reports should be uniform 

 in arrangement. The following general form may be used, with the 

 facts called for put in the note-book under each heading : 



Seed : Origin. 



Time required for germination. 



Germinating power (per cent which germinate). 

 Date of planting. 



Transplanting (if done) : Date, and size of plants. 

 Soil : Sand, loam, or clay. 



Preparation. 



Cultivation : Dates and method. 

 Irrigation : Dates and amount. 

 Date of flowering. 

 Date of maturity. 

 Crop : Part of plant used : amount. 



How harvested. 



Treatment of crop. 



Uses. 



Enemies: Methods of combating them. 



Influence of condition on growth, development, and maturing. 

 . Comparison with work of other students. 



