16 BULLETIN 132, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



READING AND SPELLING. 



The following are suggested for supplementary correlation reading: Bureau of Ento- 

 mology Circular No. 6, The Mexican Cotton-Boll Weevil; Bureau of Animal Industry 

 Circular No. 208, Organization of Girls' Poultry Clubs; Bureau of Entomology Circular 

 No. 4 (2d ser.), The Army Worm; Farmers' Bulletins Nos. 198, Strawberries; 290, The 

 Cotton-Boll Worm; 303, Corn-Harvesting Machinery; 408, School Exercises in Plant 

 Production; 415, Seed Corn; and 478, How to Prevent Typhoid Fever. 



List and assign new words related to agriculture for spelling exercises. 



DRAWING. 



Make drawings of ideal and faulty specimens of various farm plants such as corn, cot- 

 ton, sugar cane, tobacco, tomatoes, etc. Collect, name, and make drawings of weeds 

 and helpful and harmful insects active at this season. 



During the month of September, or the opening month of school, considerable time 

 should be spent in organizing the school clubs, studying parliamentary practice, famil- 

 iarizing club members with rules governing contests, planning exhibits for the county 

 fair or school fair, practicing club members in making out reports of yields, and plan- 

 ning and preparing the agricultural notebooks to be used by the pupils in keeping 

 records of the ensuing year. 



GEOGRAPHY. 



Have each pupil prepare an outline map of the State and fill in with seeds, fibers, 

 and pictures, showing by these the agricultural products of the State and their location 

 as affected by climate. Extend this study to the other States and show by comparison 

 of the agricultural products in what respects the climate is the same, and in what 

 respects the climate is different from the local State. Follow this up with a study of 

 the agricultural products of other countries for the purpose of determining those that 

 have the same climatic conditions and those that differ. 



ARITHMETIC. 



Develop problems from measurements made of fields of given crops and especially 

 club acres and plats. Count stalks, ears, bolls, etc., and with these as a basis develop 

 exercises on yields, values of crops, etc. From data gathered in the community, 

 develop exercises on the comparative cost of farm buildings to farm lands. Problems 

 in making out bills of lumber for pigpens, poultry houses, dairy barns, cribs, silos, etc., 

 and finding cost of same may be made use of. As nearly as possible, use local material 

 as a basis for exercises. Have the club girls furnish recipes of various dishes to be 

 used as a basis for calculation on the cost of materials involved. 



EXCURSIONS AND PRACTICAL WORK. 



Weekly excursions should be made to near-by fields, or. better still, to the patches 

 of club members (fig. 3) to study types of stalks and to make field selections of seeds. 

 The stalks selected should be indicated by some kind of marking, so that they may 

 be detected easily when seeds are matured and ready for gathering. Before going 

 on these excursions publications pertaining to seed selection should be carefully read. 

 It would be wise to take the publications for reference on these excursions. 



Practical work in preparing equipment for storing seeds and arranging exhibit 

 material for the school or county fair should be done in this month. 



