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Practical exercises. — (1) Make a hotbed for the school. (2) Club 

 members should make hotbeds at their homes. Compost should be 

 spread over the plats and the soil plowed thoroughly. 



Correlations. — Language : Write an account of the steps taken in 

 making a hotbed. Drawing : Have each pupil draw to scale the home 

 garden and the school garden. Arithmetic : Find the cost of making 

 a hotbed, taking into account labor, lumber, and manure. If plants 

 stand 14- inches apart each way, how many can be started in the 

 school hotbed? Find the areas of the home and school gardens in 

 the drawing exercises. 



LESSON FOUR. 



SUBJECT : DAIRYING. TOPIC : BREEDS. 



Class assignment. — Duggars, pp. 295-298. Supplement the lesson 

 with notes from Farmers' Bui. 106, 



Practical exercises. — Make a survey of the community as to the 

 breeds of dairy cattle and the number of animals of each breed. Let 

 the records show the number of pure-bred animals of each breed, the 

 number of grades of each breed, and the number of " scrubs." Have 

 the pupils secure this information from their homes and from the 

 homes of their immediate neighbors. Where possible secure the esti- 

 mated value of each animal. 



Correlations. — Language: Tabulating the facts obtained in the 

 foregoing survey provides written work. Geography : Make a map 

 of the community and locate thereon the homes of farmers who own 

 pure-bred dairy cows. History : Have members of the class prepare 

 a written account covering these points — the dates when the different 

 breeds were introduced into the community, the extent each breed 

 has been used, and the comparative value of each breed. Arithmetic: 

 Develop problems to determine the number of pure-bred animals, the 

 number of grades and the number of scrubs, the fractional part the 

 pun- breds, the grades, and the scrubs each is to the whole number 

 of cuttle ; the percentage in each case. Find the value of the different 

 breeds and of all the dairy cattle in the community. 



lesson five. 



subject: sou., topic: conserving soil moisture. 



How to serine and retain ;i supply of soil moisture sufficient to pro- 

 duct; an abundant crop is one of the important problems of the 

 farmer. As a result of (he winter r:iins ii supply of moisture should 

 hi- accumulating, hence t he necessity of studying the relation of water 

 to tie- soil. 



i hi.y, assignment, Duggar's, pp. <">;> 69. 



