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points. (2) If there is a silo at the home of any member of the class 

 require that pupil to make a written report covering the points men- 

 tioned in exercise 1. 



Correlations. — Language: Require the pupils to copy in their 

 booklets the notes and reports on the foregoing exercises. Arith- 

 metic: (1) One cow consumes the silage from 8 square feet of sur- 

 face to a depth of 2 inches each day. What should be the diameter 

 of a silo to feed a herd of 10 cows? Fifteen cows? Twenty cows? 

 (2) If the silage is fed an average depth of 2 inches each day, what 

 should be the height of a silo to feed a herd 120 days? One hundred 

 and eighty days? (3) If silage weighs an average of 35 pounds a 

 cubic foot, how many tons in a silo 14 feet in diameter and 30 feet 

 high ? 



LESSON SIX. 



SUBJECT : HOME ORCHARD AND GARDEN. TOPICS : ( 1 ) CULTIVATING THE ORCHARD ; 

 (2) PLANTING AND CULTIVATING THE GARDEN. 



The orchard. — Plowing; fertilizing; planting low-growing, inter- 

 cultural crops. 



The garden. — Transplant sweet potatoes, eggplants, cantaloups, 

 and make preparations to set tomatoes in May. Plant squash and 

 pumpkin seeds. Continue planting beans and setting cabbage plants. 



Class assignment. — Duggar's, pp. 216-217, 190, 162, 163, 164. Sup- 

 plement the lesson with notes from Alabama Experiment Station 

 Circ. 14, Part I, pp. 19, 29, and 36; Part II, pp. 68, 70, 72, and 73; 

 Bui. 156, pp. 121, 122; Farmers' Bids. 491, 632, 642, and 647. 



Practical exercises. — (1) Continue planting vegetables in the home 

 and school gardens. (2) Tomato-club members should prepare to 

 set tomato plants in May. The tomato plants should now be trans- 

 ferred from boxes or hotbeds to cold frames. 



('or -relations. — Drawing: Make a plan of the home garden, show- 

 ing the location of the different kinds of vegetables. Arithmetic: 

 Develop problems to determine the cost of labor, fertilizers, and seeds 

 used this month in the school and home gardens. 



LESSON SEVEN. 

 SUBJKCT : 1I.OWKKS. TOPICS: (l) IMPOBTAHOB; (2) PARTS; (.*$) POLLINATION. 



Importance. — Plants produce flowers; flowers develop into seed; 

 seed develop into plants. 



Parts of -flowers, — (1) Calyx, the divisions of which are called 

 sepals; (2) corolla, the divisions of which are called petals; (3) star 

 mens, the divisions of which are the filament, the anther, and the pol- 

 len; CI) pistil, the divisions of which are the ovary containing the 

 ovule . i he style, and the stigma. 



