CORRELATING AGRICULTURE IX SOUTHERN STATES. 19 



DRAWING. 



Prepare drawings of farm tools used in breaking and cultivating land, in fertilizing 

 crops, and in general cultivation. When the implements are too complicated, make 

 drawings of only the most essential parts. Keep in mind that the purpose is to teach 

 the pupils the names and uses of implements and parts of implements. 



Study the history of the methods of preparation, cultivation, and harvesting of the 

 various crops of your State and section that have obtained in the past and note the 

 development. Compare these with methods employed in other sections and countries 

 having similar products. Study the history of farm implements, noting the develop- 

 ment, the saving of time and labor, and the increased efficiency. 



GEOGRAPHY. 



Study the time of planting crops, the maturing of crops, and the manner of housing 

 crops and animals as affected by the elevation and latitude of your own State. Ex- 

 tend this study to a comparison of the same with other States and countries having 

 similar agricultural productions. 



ARITHMETIC. 



Problems should be developed on the cost of liming land, turning land at different 

 depths, on the economy in the use of improved machinery in turning land, on the 

 crop yields for your county, State, and section, on facts gathered as to the farm prod- 

 ucts bought and sold by the State and country. Let problems be developed involving 

 the value of farm products bought and sold by the home county and lessons deduced 

 as to the status of your county in a financial way. Answer these questions: Do you 

 produce more than you buy? Do you buy what you should produce? From records 

 of pig-club members compare the relative value of scrub and pure-bred hogs. From 

 records of poultry-club members develop problems on the production of the different 

 breeds of poultry. 



EXCURSIONS AND PRACTICAL WORK. 



Excursions should be made to the farms of the community to study poultry, swine, 

 horses, cattle, and sheep, for the purpose of practice in scoring (fig. 4) and to secure 

 data for correlation exercises. On these visits to the farms implements should be 

 observed to learn their names and uses. If there are any particular farmers who 

 have new or specially improved implements for fall and winter plowing, visits should 

 be made to observe these and to note their efficiency in use. 



DECEMBER. 



LANGUAGE LESSONS. 



Reports of field observations. Prepare score cards for exercises of this kind in field 

 crops. Compositions on value of improved farming implements, especially those that 

 are adapted to your section, should be required. Compositions on the care of farm 

 implements should also be required. Letters ordering farm-implement catalogues 

 and bills of implements should be written. Copy records of practical work. 



READING AND SPELLING. 



Farmers' Bulletins Nos. 51 (Rev.), Standard Varieties of Chickens; 270, Modern 

 Conveniences for the Farm; 321, The Use of the Split-Log Drag on Earth Roads; 

 408, School Exercises in Plant Production; 413, The Care of Milk and Its Use in 

 the Home; and 541, Farm Buttermaking. 



List and assign new agricultural terms for spelling exercises. 



