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Pupils should be encouraged to use the scientific terms in many 

 cases, in which event they should learn to spell them. Use common 

 terms when accurate, however. 



Arithmetic. — Milk records, computing rations, butter-fat computa- 

 tions, poultry cost and income problems will furnish much of the prac- 

 tice needed. While judging corn, determine what increase per acre 

 would result if one more average kernel per row would develop on 

 each ear. From some of the records of insects and weed seeds eaten 

 by the winter birds make up problems as to the possible saving to the 

 farmer. Use also crop statistics in census report or the Yearbook of 

 the Department of Agriculture, usually to be found in township or 

 private libraries. Have pupils count the number of average ears in 

 a bushel of corn raised in the district. Shell and weigh again. Have 

 problems computed on this basis. Weigh 100 or 1,000 kernels and 

 estimate number per bushel. Borrow scales or weigh at home. 



Geography. — Locate on the township map the industries in the 

 township and county which may be related to farming, as the grist- 

 mill, the sawmill, grain elevator, tobacco-sorting shops, broom shops, 

 tannery, creameries, and cheese factories. Trace also the local and 

 more distant markets for eggs, butter, milk, cream, fruit, and vege- 

 tables. How many dealers between the farmer and the consumer. 

 Look up the range of the birds which are winter residents. Make a 

 list of important climatic records, such as dates of early snows, high- 

 est summer temperature, lowest winter record, depth of freezing of 

 the ground, etc. Compare with other parts of the State and the 

 Nation, drawing conclusions as to how the local agriculture is 

 affected. Make a district survey of dairy cattle, including number on 

 each farm, breeds, pure bred or scrubs, silos, sanitation, records kept, 

 testing for butter fat, and feeding methods for each farm. (See Sur- 

 vey Form in Supplement VII.) Use both map and chart methods. 

 Keep figures for arithmetic. 



History. — Write to a dairy association for information about the 

 history of dairying for the State, the story of modern scientific dairy- 

 ing, the Babcock test, the separator and clean milk. Trace the prodi- 

 gal farming methods of the past and show how these must be modified 

 in the near future. Find what great Americans have been reared on 

 the farms. Show how the farmer must have great influence in the 

 affairs of the Nation, also the necessity of his being well informed and 

 broadly educated. Find the effect of seed selection and milk testing 

 in sections which have tried them. 



Drawing. — Have careful drawings made of ideal ears and kernels 

 of corn. Working drawings or sections should be prepared while the 

 milk tester is being explained and used. Have pupils make a sec- 



