AGRICULTURE FOR SOUTHERN SCHOOLS. 5 
ects. It is assumed that credit will be given for home projects 
and practicums on the same basis as for laboratory work, i. e., one 
hour's credit for two hour's work, and that extra credit will be given 
for extensive projects requiring more than the time needed to make 
up the credit given for the course. Routine work involved in a 
project may not be worthy of full credit. , It is expected that extra 
credit will be given for the projects suggested in connection with 
the fourth-year courses. It is even more important that the prac- 
tical work meet the needs of the students and the community than 
that of the classroom. The practicums and projects listed are but 
suggestive. Credit should be given for any line of community or 
home work which may involve the acquiring of skill and in which 
the principles learned in the classroom may be applied. It is especi- 
ally important that the teacher make an effort to secure acceptable 
substitutes for home projects for students who do not live on farms. 
Credit should be given according to the educational value of such 
work. In order to have such value, it must present problems new 
to the student, it should be linked in a definite way with the course 
taken, and it should have the supervision of the instructor or some 
competent person. 1 
OUTLINE FOR HORTICULTURE— THIRD YEAR. 
(One unit.) 
PLANT PROPAGATION. 
(Eleven lessons, eight double periods for practical work.) 
References. — The Propagation of Plants, Farmers' Bulletin 157. For suggestions 
as to teaching this subject, with directions for practical work, see States Relations 
Service Document 63, The Propagation and Pruning of Plants — Suggestions for 
Teaching the Subject in Secondary Schools. 
Lesson 1. — The Seed. 
1. How plants produce seed. 
2. Why plants produce seed. 
3. Structure and classification of seeds. 
Illustrative material. — Charts and diagrams showing fecundation of the ovule. 
Flowers and seeds of different types. 
Lesson 2. — Seed Selection. 
1. Factors influencing quality of seed. 
2. Importance of seed selection. 
3. Gathering and storing seed. 
4. Seed buying. 
Special references. — The Farmer's Interest in Good Seed, Farmers' Bulletin 111. 
Articles in the following Yearbooks of the Department of Agriculture: 1896, Seed 
Production and Seed Saving; 1899, Seed Selling, Seed Growing, and Seed Testing; 
1901, Agricultural Seeds, Where Grown and How Handled; 1907, Art of Seed Selec- 
tion and Breeding; 1915, How Seed Testing Helps the Farmer. 
1 For a discussion of the home-project plan and the problem of giving credit for home work, see the follow- 
ing bulletins of this department: 346, Home Projects in Secondary Courses in Agriculture; 385, School 
Credit for Home Practice in Agriculture. 
