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This is a good time to hold a public spelling contest. Observe the 

 bird movements which begin soon and keep a bird calendar. (Fig. 4.) 



Language lessons. — Supervise the writing and sending of seed orders. 

 Have the pupils write out their records and reports with care, making 

 clearness of statement the first aim. Have copies made of some of 

 the best reports and keep them with the files of agricultural literature. 

 Have members of the class write invitations to adults requesting them 

 to attend the contests. Have careful reports made of each new proc- 

 ess taken up. Write letters to request new bulletins for spring work. 



Reading and spelling. — Suggested supplementary readings include 

 Happy the Man — Pope; The Home Song — Longfellow; The Arab to 

 His Steed — Caroline Norton; To a Mouse — Burns; Stories of Morrill, 

 Seaman Knapp, and of other men who have assisted agricultural edu- 

 cation in the Nation or the State. Read some of the most recent 

 laws on this subject. Also use in class Farmers' Buls. 218, The School 

 Garden; 255, The Home Vegetable Garden; 445, Marketing Eggs 

 Through the Creamery; 528, Hints to Poultry Raisers. Pay special 



Fig. 4. — Germinating devices for garden seeds. 



attention to the spelling of words used in the correspondence and 

 reports sent out. Hold spelling contest and use all the farm words 

 possible. 



Arithmetic. — Practice making invoices, checks, receipts, and other 

 commercial forms involved in farm business. Compute garden areas 

 and lay out to scale the space for each variety of vegetable. Use 

 problems based on egg sales, cost of marketing, and net income. Use 

 the figures obtained in milk testing, compute value of butter fat per 

 hundredweight of milk and total value of milk if 30 cents per hun- 

 dredweight is allowed for skimmed milk. Get the milk records of 

 some of these cows and compute total income. If possible, get feed 

 records and combine these with the other problems. 



Geography. — Add a district survey map covering the practice in seed 

 testing, also in raising good seed. Have pupils look up the origin of 

 the various seeds used in the district for garden and field crops. 

 Should more seed be raised at home ? Which of these crops grow wild 

 in milder climates? Which garden crops would it pay to raise for 

 near-by markets % Investigate the demand and the supply of these 

 things which the club members of the class plan to raise. Carry this 

 investigation to cities as far distant as shipment could be made. 



