150 SCHOOL AND HOME GABDENING 



Some exercises in root grafting of apples may be carried 

 out as described in two of the IT. S. Farmers' Bulletins, 113 

 and 408. 



Tools to be used in the planting of school grounds may be 

 brought by pupils from their homes ; the list available for the 

 purpose should be made in advance. 



Divide the students into suitable groups for the work so 

 that each will know his part to carry out. 



Invite parents atid home folks to the work of Arbor Day, 

 and make it a community exercise. The men may come ia 

 the morning to work and the women come with lunch baskets 

 at noon, and stay until the exercises of the afternoon are over. 



Plan to have some one take some pictures of the children 

 and patrons that day while the improvement work is going on. 



Do not forget to have some manure and good soil hauled, in 

 advance, for use in the planting. 



SUGGESTIVE PROGRAMS 

 {To give at 3 o'clock, after the day's work is done) 



1. Remarks by the teacher or a member of the school board on 

 the value of teaching the useful and beautiful as much as the classical 

 and historical. 



2. Let five pupils stand together. The first pupil will read 

 from a bulletin or tell in his own words why we should all know more 

 about trees; the second the same about insects; the third about 

 weeds ; the fourth about birds ; and the fifth about corn. 



3. Let five girls stand and each tell a few things about some 

 useful bird mentioned in U. S. Farmers' Bulletin 513. 



4. Let a boy that has made a bird box tell how bird boxes are 

 a protection to young birds, and how he made that one. 



5. Let a boy tell of some w^ys of destroying English sparrows 

 learned from U. S. Farmers' Bulletin 383. 



6. Another boy should tell how to know English sparrows from 

 other sparrows and common birds. 



7. Let some of the best tree planters tell how to plant a tree — 

 preparation of soil, roots, pruning and actual planting. 



Note. — In any or all of these exercises pupils may get the 

 subject-matter from this book and from bulletins referred to in 



