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LESSON. PAGE. 



LXXI. BEAUTIFYING HOME AND SCHOOL GROUNDS 244 



LXXII. FARM FORESTRY 249 



LXXIII. SPRAYING FOR CODLING MOTH AND FUNGOUS DISEASES. 259 



LXXIV. PLANTING CORN 263 



May 



LXXV. CULTIVATION OF CORN 267 



LXX VI. TILLING THE SOIL 272 



LXXVII. TRANSPLANTING 277 



LXXVIII. POTATOES 279 



LXXIX. TOMATOES 283 



LXXX. PLANT LEAVES 286 



LXXXI. THE FLOWER 288 



LXXXII. PLANT STEMS 291 



Julie 



LXXXIIL WEEDS 295 



LXXXI V. TRUCK CHOPS 299 



LXXXV. THE VALUE OF BIRDS TO AGRICULTURE 303 



LXXXVI. THE TOAD, THE FARMER'S FRIEND 306 



LXXXVII. CUTTING CLOVER AND ALFALFA 309 



LXXXVIII. FIVE LINES OF AGRICULTURAL IMPROVEMENT 312 



July 



LXXXIX. ROADS AND ROAD-MAKING 314 



XC. TIMOTHY HAY 118 



XCI. PASTURES 321 



XCII. DRY FARMING 323 



August 



XCIII. ALFALFA 326 



XCIV. BUDDING FRUIT TREES 329 



XCV. No Two PLANTS ALIKE 331 



XCVI. THE WATER SUPPLY 333 



XCVII. THE UNITED STATES WEATHER SERVICE 335 



XCVIII. CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES : 338 



XCIX. AGRICULTURE AND EDUCATION 340 



C. THE FARM HOME 342 



. APPENDIX NOTES 345 



