CORRELATING AGRICULTURE IN" NORTHERN STATES. 25 



location of canning factories for fruits and vegetables as sold in the 

 local market. Locate these places on the map and consider the pos- 

 sibility of supplying the local market through the work of club mem- 

 bers. Can these crops be raised and canned at a cost which will meet 

 the competition of the factories ? How about quality ? 



History. — Develop the history of methods of plowing, cultivating, 

 and harvesting; the improvement of hand tools, followed by the sub- 

 stitution of machines. Refer to books on inventions and those on the 

 industries. Show how much this development has meant to the 

 country and how it has modified not only the method of work but 

 also the distribution of crop acreage and the types of farming used. 

 The story of the domestication of animals is a topic of interest. Dav- 

 enport's Domesticated Animals and Plants will help. 



Drawing. — Sketch apple blossoms in different stages, indicating at 

 what stage to spray effectively. Sketch a codling moth. Draw parts 

 of improved machinery and apparatus used. Complete the details 

 in maps of gardens or farms as now being cultivated. 



Physiology. — Take up the first aid in summer emergencies on the 

 farm. Teach how to deal with ivy poison and other similar troubles 

 the pupils may encounter. Use Farmers' Buls. 375, 459, and 540. 

 Make a study of stable practice to control flies. Study the sum- 

 mer care of foods to prevent contamination and bacterial growth. 

 (See Brewer's Rural Hygiene.) 



Manual training. — Most of the manual work at this season should 

 be done on the fields and gardens. If time permits it would also be 

 well to make a tireless cooker and demonstrate its use. The girls 

 should, also have enough practice in the technique of canning to make 

 sure they can do that part of the summer club work successfully. 

 Complete all booklets as far as the progress of the club work will per- 

 mit. Those which are complete may be bound with ribbon, cord, or 

 metal fasteners. 



CORRELATION SUPPLEMENTS. 



I. THE SCHOOL EXHIBIT. 



School exhibits or fairs of various kinds prove an incentive to 

 pupils and compel the attention of the patrons of the school. The 

 exhibit may not be an index of the quality of the school work, but 

 an occasional exhibit of merit wins the recognition of the public and 

 consequently at least a temporary interest in the work of the school. 

 Of the possible exhibits related to agriculture the following may be 

 mentioned : 



(a) The school-garden fair. Produce of the school garden is suitably arranged for 

 inspection and perhaps in competition, (b) Vegetables and flowers raised by pupils 

 at home entered for school competition only. This may be at any convenient date, 

 (c) A preliminary exhibit of pupils' prodiice when a part at least is to be exhibited in a 



