ELEMENTARY AGRICULTURE FOR ALABAMA SCHOOLS. 11 



NOVEMBER. 



LESSON ONE. 



SUBJECT : CROPS. TOPIC : THE BLACK WEEVIL OF CORN. 



Subtopics. — Life history, damage clone; preventive measures— seed 

 selection, value of husk covering, resistant varieties, harvesting, 

 storing; fumigation — room, dose, application of carbon disulphid, 

 precautions. 



Class assignment. — Alabama Experiment Station Bui. 176. The 

 teacher should give pupils notes on the subtopics from this bulletin. 



Practical exercises. — (1) One ounce carbon disulphid is required 

 as a dose to fumigate 3 cubic feet of ear corn. Secure a small box, 

 fill it with ears of corn affected with weevils, apply the proper dose 

 over the surface of the corn, cover the box tightly, and keep it away 

 from fire. After 7 to 10 days remove the cover, ventilate the box, 

 examine the corn, and note results. (2) Secure 10 ears of sound corn, 

 10 partially damaged by weevils, and 10 seriously damaged. Shell 

 each lot, carefully weigh equal measurements of each, and compare. 



Correlations. — Language : Describe an ideal weevil resistant ear of 

 corn. Drawing : Make drawings of ears and grains seriously affected 

 by weevils. Arithmetic : From the facts ascertained in exercise 2 

 develop problems as to the damage done the crops from which the 

 ears were selected. 



LESSON TWO. 



SUBJECT : HORTICULTURE. TOPIC : SETTING AN ORCHARD. 



Distance between trees. — Apples: 16 by 32 feet, 20 by 20 feet, 

 24 by 24 feet. Good distance for the cultivation of other crops. 

 Peaches: Trees may be set in squares or triangles, the rows parallel. 

 Squares 18 by 18 feet seem preferable. Plums, cherries, and pears 

 usually require same distance as peaches. Pears and cherries may 

 require greater distance. 



Seasonal varieties. — Apples: Yellow Transparent, Red Astrachan, 

 Red June, Golden Sweet, Maiden Blush, Horse, Hackworth, Ben 

 Davis, Winesap, Shockley, Mammoth Blacktwig, Yates, Reese Seed- 

 ling. Peaches : Mayflower, Sneed, Greensboro, Carman, Hiley, Cham- 

 pion, Belle of Georgia, Elberta, Crawford Late. Plums: Red June, 

 Abundance, Wild Goose, Burbank, Gold, Satsuma. Cherries: Early 

 Richmond, English Marrello. Figs: Celeste or Celestial, Brown 

 Turkey, Lemon. Pear: Leronle. Kiefer, Goshen, Russet or Apple. 



Digging holes, pruning tops and roots. — These are important 

 features of fche lesson, and should be given proper emphasis. 



Class assignment. — Duggar's, pp. 210-224. Teacher should sup- 

 plement lesson with notes from Farmers' Buls. 113, 154, 482, 491, 

 631, 632, and 633. 



