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these lists and prepare for a public contest in connection with some 

 neighborhood event. 



Arithmetic. — Problems in corn shrinkage, marketing corn and the 

 relative merits of feeding and marketing corn may be made from 

 figures given in bulletins and textbooks. Select also figures concern- 

 ing cost of harvesting and marketing apples, potatoes, and other 

 crops. Compute net profits on club acres. Compute rations and 

 cost of each for poultry and any other animals which are in home 

 projects. Consult text and bulletins including Farmers' Bui. 22. 

 Continue computations of material and cost of constructing poultry 

 houses and equipment. Compute cost of feeding club flocks, egg 

 production per hen and cost per egg or per dozen eggs. Use current 

 market prices where eggs are used at home. Compute rate of 

 interest on investment. (See also textbooks on Farm Arithmetic.) 



Geography. — Look up climatic factors of different crops; limits in 

 latitude, altitude, etc., for different plants. Find where the tender 

 plants grow native, also the northern limits of the hardy plants. 

 Find in bulletins and books on insects the origin of the orchard pests 

 of the section. On maps and tabular charts indicate the results of the 

 survey of the poultry of the district. Keep club members' records 

 separately. Make a graphic representation to show the relation in 

 numbers of pure-bred fowls to scrubs by lines with lengths in correct 

 proportions. Put on map the roads used for market, social, and 

 civic purposes and indicate parts needing repair. 



History. — Have pupils find out where the different varieties of 

 poultry originated and trace their introduction. Numerous poultry 

 books give this information. Look up stories of fowls in history, as 

 The Geese that Saved Rome. Inquire into the introduction of fruits 

 into the section and how they have been improved. In like manner 

 trace the history of methods of marketing the local produce. What 

 effect have the transportation facilities had on the development of 

 the county and State? Many texts in geography and history give 

 this. Find how different European countries have affected American 

 agriculture by furnishing live stock, plants, methods, and labor. 

 Trace the history of Thanksgiving celebrations. 



Drawing. — Make Thanksgiving sketches and designs. Sketch 

 typical poultry. Make a series of colored drawings of varieties of 

 apples. Make working drawings of any equipment needed this 

 month. Have members of Good Roads Club make sectional 

 drawings of good and poor roads in the district. See Farmers' 

 Buls. 338, 505, and 597. Have pupils make a series of sketches of 

 historical modes of transportation for the section, such as ox cart, 

 prairie schooner, flatboat, not omitting the modern. 



Physiology. — The topic of breathing leads to ventilation and 

 exercise. Correlate the idea of human needs with the plan for making 



