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BULLETIN 132, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



DRAWING. 



Lay out school grounds and plat to a scale, showing the walks, flower yard, garden, 

 clumps of shrubbery, trees, buildings, etc. Plat the school and home gardens to 

 scale, showing walks and individual plats. 



HISTORY. 



Study the introduction and development of the use of fertilizer in the State and 

 section, noting its effect on the agricultural development, the study that has been 

 made to use it intelligently, the laws that have been passed relating to the fertilizer 

 industry, and to what extent the use of fertilizers has proved beneficial. 



Fig. 4. — A lesson on the beef type. 



Study the organizations and functions of the State and national departments of 

 agriculture and note in what particular way these departments have been helpful to 

 your State. 



GEOGRAPHY. 



Study the trade that results from the exchange of agricultural products between 

 your State and the other States and countries. Compare the exports and imports 

 as to quantity, value, and character. Learn the means by which each home-produced 

 article reaches the ultimate consumer. Extend this study to the trade relations of 

 your section of the country with the other sections and with the other parts of the 

 world. In this connection prepare maps showing lines of commerce and locate the 

 principal receiving and distributing points for each agricultural product bought or sold. 



