CORRELATING AGRICULTURE IN SOUTHERN STATES. 



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EXCURSIONS AND PRACTICAL WORK. 



Excursions for the purpose of studying birds, animals, and insects should be con- 

 tinued. It would be well to make excursions to gardens, orchards, or fields where 

 methods of combating harmful species of any of the foregoing are being employed. 



Practical work for these months will consist almost entirely of caring for the garden 

 plats of the pupils (fig. 2). 



THE SCHEME FOR GRADES SIX TO EIGHT. 



While the following suggestive scheme is prepared for all the pupils 

 of these grades, yet the success with which these exercises may be 

 correlated with the other school work will depend to a great extent 

 upon the cooperation of the club members of the school. The im- 



Fig. 2.— Harlem, 111., consolidated school garden. 



portance of club membership should be emphasized by the teacher 

 in every way possible, especially by calling upon the members to 

 assist in this work and by making the problems of the clubs the 

 problems of the school. 



SEPTEMBER. 



LANGUAGE LESSONS. 



Written reports of field observations. Compositions on selection of seed in the field : 

 Corn, cotton, tomatoes, potatoes, tobacco, cane, peanuts, etc. Make records of prac- 

 tical work. Letter writing: Write letters ordering seed catalogues, asking for the quo- 

 tation of prices on seed, requesting publishers to contribute farm papers for school 

 libraries, asking friends and others to contribute books on agricultural subjects for 

 school libraries. 



