24 BULLETIN 281, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Set out a tree on Arbor Day and construct a trellis to protect it. 

 Make broody coop. Members of the Good Roads Club may make a 

 road drag and begin to use it this month. (See Farmers' Buls. 597 

 and 638.) 



MAY AND JUNE. 



Practical and field exercises. — In apple-blossom time visit orchards 

 to observe spraying for the codling moth. Complete planting and 

 transplanting of all club crops and school gardens. Have practical 

 demonstrations of methods of cultivating crops and of insect control. 

 Arrange these with practical farmers. Continue the observation of 

 birds in their relation to farm crops. Have demonstration of early 

 feeding and summer care of chicks. 



Language lessons. — Have pupils write reports on the planting and 

 other early work on their projects. Write out also the reports on 

 field trips and observations. Write a statement of things to be done 

 during the summer, especially those processes which are new to the 

 pupil. Have oral discussion of similar topics. 



Reading and spelling. — Selections from good literature concerning 

 rural life in summer are numerous. Only a few are here mentioned: 

 The Farmer's Creed — Mann; The Pea Blossom — Anderson; A Song 

 of Ciover — Saxe Holm; Song of the Oriole — Howells; Blessing the 

 Cornfield — Longfellow (Hiawatha); The Birds of Killingworth — 

 Longfellow; A Day in June — Lowell. 



Read also from suitable bulletins such as the following: Farmers' 

 Buls. 113, The Apple and How to Grow It; 414, Corn Cultivation; 

 459, House Flies; 492, Insect Enemies of the Apple; 537, How to Grow 

 an Acre of Corn. 



The spelling lists for this season should cover the topics for summer 

 work. The more advanced pupils should now spell correctly all ordi- 

 nary agricultural terms. 



Arithmetic. — Take up problems of plowing, harrowing, and planting. 

 Find the cost of the crop up to this time including rent of land, ferti- 

 lizer, seed, and labor. Numerous problems will arise in connection 

 with the school and home gardens. The new flock of chickens will 

 provide other problems. Make sure that each club member is keep- 

 ing accurate accounts on each project and that each account is copied 

 neatly for the report and booklet. In the apple club make accounts 

 of the labor and material involved in pruning, spraying, cultivating, 

 etc. 



Geography. — Refer to bulletins and texts to find the origin of each 

 of the common insect pests. How did they reach us ? Notice how 

 few appear to be native. Read in texts like Sanderson's Insect Pests 

 of Farm, Orchard, and Garden. Do the same thing with weeds. 

 Collect pictures of farm operations in foreign lands. Look up the 



