APPENDIX F 

 USE OF FARMERS' BULLETINS 



Teachers sometimes find that many Farmers' Bulletins are 

 not very teachable, that is, their subject matter lacks good 

 pedagogic form. To meet this difficulty free leaflets are be- 

 ing prepared by specialists of the United States Department 

 of Education to aid teachers in the use of these Bulletins. 

 The following suggestive outline is a type of many others that 

 are now available. 



HOW TEACHERS MAY USE FARMERS' BULLETIN 537, 



HOW TO GROW AN ACRE OF CORN 

 BY E. A. MILLEK, Specialist in Agricultural Education 



Range of use. General. 



Relation to the course of study. This bulletin may be used in the 

 study of agriculture in connection with crops in general and corn in par- 

 ticular. The topics of the publication lend themselves to correlation with 

 other school subjects. 



Topics. The material of the bulletin should be grouped into six 

 lessons for class study: (1) Getting a start with seed kind of corn to 

 grow, selecting seed for the acre, and preparing seed for planting, pages 

 6, 6, 7, and 9 ; (2) making a start with the crop selecting an acre for 

 corn, fertilizing the acre, and preparing the seed bed, pages 10, 11, 12, 13, 

 and 14; (3) planting, pages 14 and 15; (4) the growing period com- 

 bating cutworms, thinning, and cultivation, pages 15, 16, 17, and 18 ; 

 (5) improvement work selecting seed and drying and caring for seed, 

 pages 7, 18, 19, and 20 ; (6) determining yield and conclusion, pages 20 

 and 21. 



Study questions. What races of corn are grown in the community ? 

 Flint ? Dent ? Sweet ? Pop ? Soft ? Which is the better adapted 

 to the community, flint or dent ? Is corn grown as a money crop ? 

 What varieties have succeeded best in the community ? Are one-eared 

 or prolific varieties best adapted to the section ? Is it the practice in the 



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