CORRELATING AGRICULTURE IN SOUTHERN STATES. 7 



READING AND SPELLING. 



The following are suggested for supplementary work in reading during this month: 

 The Kitten and the Falling Leaves, Wordsworth; Evening at the Farm, J. T. Trow- 

 bridge; The Corn Song, Whittier; That Calf, Alice Cary; Autumn Leaves, George 

 Cooper; Autumn, Edmund Spencer; Farmyard Song, J. T. Trowbridge, and Harvest 

 Song, James Montgomery. 



List and assign the new words bearing on agriculture found in the correlating exer- 

 cises of this month. The following are suggested as examples of words that will appear: 

 Variety, crib, soil, plat, test, report, visit, fair, pumpkin, exhibit. 



DRAWING. 



The following are suggested for outline work in drawing: Ears of corn, grains of corn, 

 open cotton boll, pumpkins, potatoes, and other field and garden products in season. 



Have each pupil, sufficiently advanced to do so, prepare a history of his homestead 

 or place at which he resides, dating back as far as reliable information may be had. 

 Special mention should be made of the farm improvement, the character of the crops 

 grown and with what success, and the connection the home and the people have had 

 with the agricultural and school development of the community. 



GEOGRAPHY. 



Have the younger pupils prepare an outline of the farmstead showing location of 

 the house, outbuildings, garden, and orchard. Require them to use seeds and pic- 

 tures to indicate the location of the permanent objects on the farm and to indicate the 

 farm products and animals grown. 



Have the older pupils study the yields of the crops of the community as affected 

 by elevation and character of soil. Let it be shown in each case where there are 

 striking examples of good or poor yields whether it is due to the elevation or to the 

 character of the soil. 



Require the more advanced pupils of this group to plat a 5-acre piece of ground, 

 locating the trees, streams, hills and hollows, houses, if any, crops grown, relative 

 yields, and the different kinds of soil. 



ARITHMETIC. 



For the simpler processes with the younger pupils use shelled peanuts, finding the 

 number of peas in a pod of each variety, the number in a pint, and estimate the num- 

 ber required to plant given areas. Determine the number of rows of grain on an ear 

 of corn, the number of grains in a row, and the whole number of grains on the ear. By 

 using specimens of different varieties these exercises may be multiplied to meet the 

 needs of the work. Similar processes with cotton seed and other garden and field 

 crops may be developed. For more advanced pupils simple processes in the cost of 

 material for farm buildings may be used. 



EXCURSIONS AND PRACTICAL WORK. 



Weekly trips to near-by fields for the purpose of observing methods of harvesting 

 crops and seed selection should be made. In most sections of the South October is 

 the month for county fairs. By all means let the teacher spend at least one day with 

 his pupils at the fair for the purpose of studying the exhibits and taking notes. The 

 agricultural exhibits at the fair should prove a source of splendid material for corre- 

 lation exercises. 



Seasonable work in the school or home garden should constitute the practical work 

 of the month. 



