COEEELATING AGEICULTUEE IN SOTJTHEEN STATES. 9 



EXCURSIONS AND PRACTICAL WORK. 



The excursions for the month will be determined more or less by the correlation 

 needs. Special attention should be given however to visiting farms of the community 

 having improved breeds of poultry and swine. Where possible, excursions should 

 be made to farms equipped with modern implements, and the names and uses of these 

 implements learned. If there is no farm in the community affording this opportunity, 

 a visit to an extensive hardware concern for this purpose should be made. Farm- 

 supply catalogues should be ordered, and the names of farm implements and their 

 uses learned. 



Seasonable work in the school garden shordd be done. Cuttings of shrubbery and 

 fruits should be made and stored during this month. 



DECEMBER. 



LANGUAGE LESSONS. 



For the younger pupils conversations on corn and its uses, cottonseed and its by- 

 products and uses, peanuts, peas, and the small grains and their uses should be 

 engaged in. Oral and written narrations on visits to old-fashioned gins, water mills, 

 and other out-of-date machinery should be required of the more advanced pupils. 

 Written descriptions of old-fashioned looms, spinning wheels, mowing blades, etc., 

 compared with the modern machinery substituted for them should also be required. 



READING AND SPELLING. 



The following selections are suggested for supplementary work this month: The 

 First Snow Fall, Lowell; and The Origin of Roast Pig, Charles Lamb. For the 

 younger pupils there are a number of interesting Mother Goose rhymes relating to 

 agricultural subjects that may be used. 



List and assign the new agricultural terms found in the correlation work as spelling 

 exercises for this month. As examples of words that will appear the following are 

 submitted: Starch, va.es], bread, flakes, oil, gin, wheel, machine. 



DRAWING. 



During this month it will be profitable to engage the pupils in drawing all kinds 

 of farm-crop seed and weed seeds and learning to recognize them at sight. It will 

 be interesting to introduce colored crayons at this time to give each seed as nearly 

 as possible its shade of color. 



HISTORY. 



It is suggested that during this month the history of the methods of planting, 

 cultivating, harvesting, and marketing of the ordinary crops be studied. This study 

 should tend to bring out the impro\ r ement that has been made in the various methods. 



GEOGRAPHY. 



During this month the study in geography should relate to the crops that are kept 

 on the farm and those that are sold, the agricultural products that are bought by the 

 community and the crops exchanged for them. The reason for the exchange of these 

 crops should be noted, and the loss or gain to the community by the same. The 

 means of exchanging crops should be studied, such as the manner of transportation 

 and the commercial concerns engaged in buying and selling. 



ARITHMETIC 



For the younger pupils exercises in determining the number of eggs, pounds of 

 butter, and gallons of milk produced at each home in the community and the value 

 of the same during each week in December should be developed. For the more 

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