ELEMEXTAEY AGRICULTURE FOR ALABAMA SCHOOLS. 33 



Class assignment. — Give the pupils notes from Farmers' Buls. 287 

 and 530. 



Practical exercises. — (1) Each club member should separate the 

 male from the hens that are to produce eggs for market. As soon 

 as the price of eggs reaches a point that is not profitable prepare to 

 preserve the eggs for late fall and winter marketing. Follow in- 

 structions in Farmers' Bui. No. 287. (2) Have the members of 

 the class make reports as to symptoms of diseased chickens at their 

 homes. Compare these with the symptoms found in connection 

 with the diseases studied. 



Correlations. — Language: During this month each pupil of the 

 class should be required to report weekly on the following facts at 

 his home: The whole number of eggs laid, the number of eggs sold, 

 the price received, the manner of disposing of the eggs — to local 

 buyer or by parcel post. Arithmetic: From the foregoing facts 

 develop problems adapted to needs of the class. 



LESSON TWO. 



SUBJECT : CKOPS. TOPICS : PLANTING AND CULTIVATING CORN AND COTTON. 



Subtopics. — Kinds of seed beds, distance between plants, fertiliza- 

 tion, cultivation. 



Class assignment. — Duggar's, pp. 125-127, 151-153. Supplement 

 the lesson with notes from Farmers' Buls. 364, pp. 10-15; 537, pp. 

 14-15; 601. 



Practical exercises. — (1) Club members should be preparing the 

 land and planting their plats of corn and cotton. (2) Have the 

 members of the class report the different methods employed in plant- 

 ing corn and cotton at their homes. (3) What is meant by a water 

 furrow? A balk? Abed? 



Correlations. — Language: Written work is provided for by the 

 reports on planting methods required in practical exercises. Arith- 

 metic: Have club members report the labor, fertilizers, and seed 

 required to plant their plats of corn or cotton. From these facts 

 develop problems to meet the needs of the class. History: The 

 Indians planted corn when the leaves of oak trees were as large as 

 a squirrel's ear. How does the present practice in your community 

 compare with that of the Indians? Why is Indian corn so called? 



lesson three, 

 subject: honeybees, topics: habits, wobk, and management of bees. 



( '!"■-■■ assignment. — Duggar's, pp. 277-280. Supplement the lesson 

 with notes from Farmers' Bui. 117. (These arc important topics, 

 and it may be necessary to make two lessons to treat them properly.) 



