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If it is advantageous in your district to haul the fertilizer in winter, 

 take up that matter with each club member. Visit local factories 

 and warehouses which deal with agricultural material of any sort. 



Language lessons. — Stories of winter operations, trips, and pleas- 

 ures offer much opportunity for oral and written language work. 

 The snow and ice quicken local industries and provide new sports. 

 Letters to obtain seed catalogues should be written this month. The 

 pupils of this group should write about feeding cows or poultry, 

 winter birds in the orchard, also reports on trips and observations. 

 Write for State and Federal publications on the topics related to the 

 club work of the coming spring. 



Reading and spelling. — Use supplementary readings which are 

 seasonal. Selections suggested as samples are Whiter Time — Steven- 

 son; Essay on Roast Pig — Lamb; The Forest Song — Venable; Whi- 

 ter — Lowell; Woodman, Spare That Tree — Morris; The Home Song — 

 Longfellow. 



Also select readings from Farmers' Buls. 173 and 358, A Primer of 

 Forestry, in two parts; 363, The Use of Milk as Food; 594, Shipping 

 Eggs by Parcel Post. 



Misspelling, mispronunciation, and misuse of agricultural terms 

 often arise from the same cause. Teach the spelling, pronunciation, 

 and proper use of each word used and drill until the pupils acquire 

 confidence in using them. 



Arithmetic. — Use the records from milk testing combined with 

 records of milk production and compute total yield of butter fat, 

 money value, and estimated profit. Where feed records are avail- 

 able, obtain exact profit over cost of feed. Make similar computa- 

 tions from egg records and poultry feed accounts. Consult census 

 or Yearbook records for comparison with local productions and also 

 for further problems. Compute fertilizer needed on club fields and 

 gardens. Find the volume and capacity in tons of ice houses. Meas- 

 ure logs, lumber, and woodpiles, and base problems on these figures. 

 Use local prices and compute value of each. Have each club mem- 

 ber keep accurate accounts. (See Farmers' Bui. 572.) 



Geography. — Look up the origin and present source of various fer- 

 tilizer ingredients, and consider which ones might be replaced by 

 better farm practice. Compare dairy records of the State and various 

 other States and nations as printed in farm papers. Have maps 

 made of the home farms, and on them locate the pupils' own fields 

 and each of the crops for the coming season as fast as they are de- 

 cided. Locate by color or shading the different soils. The United 

 States Department of Agriculture has issued soil surveys of many 

 counties and some States have issued others. Obtain one for the 

 county, if possible. Study the lumber industry of the section and 

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