AGRICULTURE FOR SOUTHERN SCHOOLS. 17 
‘i VEGETABLE GARDENING. 
(35 lessons. Projects.) 
References.—The following Farmers’ Bulletins: 255, The Home Vegetable Garden; 
647, The Home Garden in the South. Articles in the following Yearbooks: 1900, 
Development of Trucking Interests; 1907, Truck Farming in Atlantic Coast States. 
Lesson 1.—Types of Vegetable Gardening. 
1. The home vegetable garden. 
2. Market gardening. 
3. Truck farming. 
4. Seed growing. 
Lesson 2.—F actors Which Influence the Growing of Vegetables. 
1. Relation to general farming. 
2. Climate and weather conditions. 
3. Accessibility to markets and transportation facilities. 
4. The personal factor. 
Lesson 3.—Soils and Their Treatment. 
1. Types of soils best.suited for vegetables. 
2. Improvement of heavy soils. 
3. Improvement of light soils. 
4. Preventing erosion. 
Lesson 4.—Barnyard and Green Manures. 
1. Value of organic matter. 
2. Care and use of barnyard manure. 
3. Management of green-manuring crops. 
Special references.—The following Farmers’ Bulletins: 192, Barnyard Manure; 
278, Leguminous Crops for Green Manuring. 
Lesson 5.—Commercial Fertilizers. 
1. Conditions making use essential and profitable. 
2. Buying and mixing of fertilizers. 
Lesson 6.—Garden Tools and Implements. 
1. Tools for preparation. 
. Hand tillage tools. 
. Horse-drawn tillage implements. 
. Planting machines. 
. Harvesting machines. 
6. The tool house—care of implements. 
Illustrative material—Implement catalogues. Visit to implement dealer if 
possible. 
Lesson 7.—Seeds. 
1. Importance of good seed. 
2. Viability in relation to age. 
3. Germination temperature in relation to time of planting. 
4. Testing seeds. 
Illustrative material—Seed catalogues, samples of garden seed. 
Lesson 8.—Seed Growing and Buying. 
1. Home-grown seed. 
2. Specialized seed growing. 
3. Buying seed. 
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