BULLETIN 305, U. S. DEPARTMENT OP AGRICULTURE. 



FOURTH GRADE. 



PLANTS. 



Continued work.— Look after the growing garden plants and con- 

 tinue the work of planting. (See the planting table in the Appendix.) 

 Tomato, cabbage, and pepper seeds should be sown in hotbeds or 

 germinating boxes. 



Complete the work of setting hedges, permanent screens, and other 

 shrubbery. List the shrubs that are blooming or putting forth leaves. 



Assigned work. — : What field crops are being planted this month — 

 clover, alfalfa, oats, early corn, grasses, other crops? Answer the 

 following questions as to each crop that is being planted : 



(1) How is the seed bed prepared? 



(2) How are the seeds planted — in drills, broadcast? What quantity is planted 



per acre r 



(3) If drilled, are the seeds planted on beds or in open furrows? 



(4) How are the seeds treated before being planted — inoculated, dipped in 



solution to prevent diseases? 



(5) How are seeds planted — by hand, with seeders? 



(6) Is fertilizer applied? How? 



(7) For what is the crop grown — hay, grain? 



(8) When will the crop be ready for use? 



Practical work. — Each pupil should provide himself or herself with 

 a pocket notebook in which to take notes on the work done in the 

 garden and on the facts learned in connection with the plants being 

 studied according to the foregoing outline. The pupils should make 

 inquiry at their homes to ascertain the facts called for. These should 

 be discussed in the class. Have the pupils bring to school a few 

 specimens of seed being planted at their homes. Make permanent 

 mounts of any that have not been previously mounted. (See Farm- 

 ers' Bui. 586.) 



Correlations. — Language: Weave into a short written story the 

 facts learned with reference to one of the field crops. Record in the 

 class book the facts learned with reference to the several plants 

 studied and also the principal facts in connection with the garden 

 operations. 



Drawing: Make drawings of all seeds being planted in the fields at 

 this time. 



Arithmetic: Develop problems on the number of pounds or bushels 

 of the seeds necessary to plant given areas. 



Continued work. — The study of birds and wild mammals should be 

 kept up. Some animals that have been in the sleeping state are now 

 waking up and moving about. Among them are the chipmunks, 

 woodchucks, flying squirrels, and bats. 



