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7. Show by demonstration how legumes tend to con- 

 serve the fertility of the soil. 



8. Show by the use of different types of soil their re- 

 spective merits in the conservation of moisture. 



6. Soil Play Contests 



1. Soil type naming contest. 



2. Soil analysis contest. 



3. Soil guessing games. 



4. Soil sample getting contest. 



5. Stone naming contest, in which samples of various 

 types of native stones are placed before the contestants. 

 The one who can name the largest number in a given time 

 is to be judged the winner. 



7. Soil Fertility Club Projects 



The object of this club project is to organize the boys 

 and girls into a cooperative group for the purpose of build- 

 ing up the soil fertility of a community. The pupils should 

 pledge themselves to manage one or more acres of land dur- 

 ing the season with the idea of not only making a net profit 

 on the investment for the season, but of starting and carry- 

 ing on a three- to five-year rotation of crops with a dis- 

 tinct plan of growing leguminous crops such as clover, 

 alfalfa, cow-peas, etc. 



Club membership. This particular club work should 

 be maintained for the members of the agricultural class 

 and should not be open to those boys and girls who are 

 too young to appreciate and undertake properly this line 

 of work. 



The basis of award for a soil fertility club may be as 

 follows: 



