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write a full report when they set a hen or start the incubator. Write 

 and preserve reports of each field trip or demonstration, with full 

 description of processes. Have either written or oral descriptions of 

 work planned for the immediate future. 



Reading and spelling. — Read some rural life selections like the fol- 

 lowing: The Homes of the People — Grady; The Plowman — Holmes; 

 The Meadow Lark — Hamlin; Bluebird — Aldrich; Tubal Cain — 

 Mackay; Out at Old Aunt Mary's — Riley; The Parable of the 

 Sower — Bible. Use also bulletins and periodicals on the topics of 

 current interest. Some Farmers' Bulletins of seasonal use (besides 

 those previously referred to) are Nos. 516, The Production of Maple 

 Sirup and Sugar; 585, Incubation of Hen's Eggs. Also consult the 

 list of bulletins for those which concern special garden vegetables. 



Arithmetic. — Material for problems will be found in poultry records, 

 bills for seed, fertilizer and tools, cold-frame construction, orchard 

 work, and dairy projects. The maple-sugar section has problems 

 peculiar to that work. Develop the topic of taxation in the section, 

 the method of assessing and its bearing on farm management. Find 

 what correction of figures submitted with club projects might be 

 needed to apply them to farm accounts in view of taxes, interest, and 

 other fixed charges in the district and to show exact profit. 



Geography. — Study the advantages and disadvantages of local 

 climate in relation to early spring work on the farm. On a map draw 

 lines to show the market radius for different local products. Use ink 

 of another color and indicate sources of local purchases for farm sup- 

 plies, especially those which might be produced locally. On the State 

 map locate cooperative associations of farmers as creameries, breeders' 

 associations, etc. Obtain information as to late spring frosts, safe 

 dates for planting, transplanting, etc. 



History. — Discuss the following topics in class after pupils have used 

 reference books, local histories, and other texts: (1) Food supply 

 and progress. The influence of transportation facilities. Such books 

 as Brigham's From Trail to Railway Through the Appalachians, are 

 helpful. (2) Local food supply and markets during early history. 

 (3) The crops and industries as influencing the attitude of different 

 States on great national issues. (4) Americans have invented and 

 developed much machinery for raising and utilizing farm crops. 

 Why ? What machines ? There are numerous books on inventions 

 including such as Forman's Stories of Useful Inventions. Observe 

 how man power is giving way to machine power in America faster 

 than in Europe. 



Drawing. — Use such sketching material as seedlings, bursting buds, 

 a sugar camp, or some utensils. Draw tools used in grafting and 

 pruning. Make diagrams for cold frame, trap nest, brood nest, or 



