THE HOME GROUNDS AND WOOD LOT 477 



tify the young plant of each variety. Consider the pos- 

 sibility of starting a tree nursery or seed bed on the school 

 ground, where the seeds of the different trees can be planted 

 and seedlings raised for study and replanting, either on the 

 school grounds or at the homes. 



3. How can you tell the age of' a tree after it is cut 

 down? Find some freshly cut tree and discover its age. 

 Can you tell from the annual rings any years when the 

 tree did not make a good growth? 



4. Make a collection of the leaves of all the different 

 trees available, and learn to identify them. 



5. What is the difference between plain-sawn and quar- 

 ter-sawn lumber ? Look at different pieces of oak furniture, 

 and decide whether the lumber was plain or quarter-sawn. 

 Why does some hard pine flooring have a tendency to splin- 

 ter up, while others do not? 



6. Locate on the map of the United States the forest 

 reserves of our country ; the lumber producing sections. 



7. Estimate the cost of producing a ten-acre wood lot 

 of some prevailing trees of your section. 



8. Write down the names of all the different trees 

 you can think of common to your state, in the order of 

 their importance to the farm. 



4. Demonstrations on Home Grounds and Wood Lot 



1. Demonstrate how properly to remove and trans- 

 plant a shrub or bush. 



2. Demonstrate how to make a tree graft ; how to make 

 a bud graft. 



3. Demonstrate how to prune and thin the different 

 kinds of trees. 



4. Show the proper method of spraying for different 

 insects, diseases and blights. 



5. Show how to treat the tree-trunk to prevent insects 

 from passing from the ground into the tree. 



6. Demonstrate different methods of tree surgery, such 

 as repairing injured limbs and diseased and decayed spots. 



