CONTENTS xi 



PART III— FOB CLUB LEADERS AND TEACHERS 



XXI. Ageicultural Contests and Club Work 293 



Influence of Club Work — Lines of Work — How Organ- 

 ized — ^Incentives — ^Corn Growing Contests — Rules for 

 Corn Growing Contests — School and Club Fairs- 

 Suitable Time and Place — Contest Lists — Corn — 

 Potatoes — Sweet Potatoes — Sugar Beets — Tomatoes 

 — Onions — Cucumbers — ^Lettuce — -Garden Vegetables 

 — Collections of Vegetables — Farm Products — ^Alfalfa 

 — Cotton — Fruits — ■ Annual Flowers — Perennial 

 Flowers — Window Flowers — ^Home Beautifying — 

 Swine — ^Eggs — Live Poultry — Special Girls' Work — • 

 Sewing — -Bread Making — Other Baking — Special 

 Cooking — ^Canning — School Competitions — School 

 Collections — Commercial Packages — Decoration — 

 Labelling — Superintendents and Helpers — Premiums 

 and Awards — Kind of Premiums — ^Contests for Yields 

 — Score Cards for Contests — Score Cards for Sweet 

 Potatoes — Bread Score Card — Judging Tomatoes — 

 Tomato Score Card — Home Garden Records — Keep- 

 ing Accounts — Special Value of Records — ^Boys' Com 

 Club Record of Work — How to Use Records — Pupils' 

 Record for Lettuce — Remarks — Potato Score Card- 

 Cooking Test for Potatoes — Flower Collections at 

 Exhibits — Apple Collections at Exhibits — Apples 

 Packed for Marketing — ^Fancy Baskets of Fruit — 

 Grape Exhibits — -Plums and Peaches — Vegetable 

 Display — Score Card for Vegetable Display. 



XXII. Correlation with Other School Work 322 



Effect of Interest — Getting Started — Arranging the 

 Program — ^Arithmetic a Great Difficulty — Suggestive 

 Problems — Language — Reading — ■ Geography — 

 History — -Drawing — New Classes not Necessary. 



XXIII. Methods of Teaching 335 



Questions Asked by Children — Measuring — Planting 

 -^Thinning — Using Both Hands — Raking, j 



APPENDIX 



Literature for Gardeners 340 



United States Farmers' Bulletins — List of Farmers' 

 BuDetins of Help to Gardeners — Farmers' Bulletins 

 on Home Canning — Special Circulars on Home Garden 

 Club Work — Helpful Books — ^Information on School 

 Gardens — State Station and Extension Bulletins. 



Index 345 



