EXERCISES FOR SOUTHERN RURAL SCHOOLS. 55 



(1) Collect all the kinds of mosquitoes tliat can be found. 



(2) Name and describe eacb kind. 



(3) Do the males or females bite? 



(4) When at rest, which kind is short and humpbacked? Which kind stands 



■with hind legs in the air? 



(5) Which kind has spotted wings? 



(6) Which kind bites during the daytime? Yellow-fever mosquitoes. 



(7) Why are outbreaks of yellow fever no longer common in the South? 



(8) How does the mosquito transmit malaria? 



(9) How does malaria affect the farm operations of the community? Would 



the farmers of the community be able to make larger and better crops if 

 this disease did not exist? 



(10) Get a small bottle of stagnant water containing wrigglers (wiggle-tails). 



Have the pupils examine these closely. These are the larvae of mos- 

 quitoes. 



(11) Why does kerosene oil poured on the surface of water kill or prevent 



mosquitoes? 



(For information covering the foregoing outline see Farmers' 

 Buls. Nos. 444, 450, and 547.) 



Practical work. — Collect different kinds of mosquitoes and place 

 them in bottles for study. Have members of the class bring to school 

 small bottles of stagnant water containing mosquito eggs and wrig- 

 glers. 



Correlations. — Language and drawing: Make sketches and write de- 

 scriptions of wrigglers and adult mosquitoes. 



APRIL AND MAY. 



FIRST AND SECOND GRADES. 



PLANTS. 



Continued work. — Continue to care for the window and porch boxes. 

 Plant additional vegetables (see planting table); gather those ready 

 for the table and study plants as suggested for the preceding month. 

 Teach pupils the names of all plants that are putting out flowers. 

 Names of plants should be written on the blackboard and copied in 

 the pupils' booklets. 



Assigned work. — Have the pupils of this grade plan their part in the 

 early spring vegetable show. Selecting, preparing and arranging 

 vegetables for display provide interesting and instructive work. 



It is now time to plant some of the later flowers and vegetables 

 Bach Ms dahlias, zinnias, cosmos, peppers, tomatoes, and cabbage. 



I 'rati leu I, work. — There is abundant work provided for in carrying 

 out the suggestions contained in the foregoing outline. 



Correlations. -Have members of the class tell about tho things 

 Been at I lie show this month. 



Drawing: Make sketches of vegetables now ready for the table. 

 Make simple drawings of dowers and leaves. 



