58 BULLETIN 305, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Praciical work. the pocket notebooks to take notes as indi- 
cated by the questions on crops. Also require notes to be taken on 
the work that is done in the pupil’s garden plat either at home or at 
school. 
Have pupils bring to sheet and mount specimens of all kinds of 
seeds being planted at this time. (See Farmers’ Bul. 586.) 
Correlaiions.—Language: Copy in the class notebooks the informa 
tion gathered with reference to field craps. 
Drawing: Make drawings of seeds bemg planted at this time. 
Arithmetic: Develop problems on the quantity and value of seed 
of each kind beimg planted this month. 
ANIMALS. 
Review the lesson with flies. Contmue the work with birds as to 
the manner of catching insects. _ 
Assigned work.—¥leas are a nuisance and are known to carry 
disease. Pupils should be taught their characteristics and how to 
combat them. Have the pupils examine the dogs and cats at their 
homes for fleas. Have some brought to school in small bottles for 
examination. 
(1) Fleas are closely related to flies. How do they difier? 
(2) Explam why the flea has lost its wings? 
(3) Is it due to the fact that it subsists on other animals (parasite) and does not 
need the wings? ’ 
(4) Have each pupil tell how fleas are combated at his or her home. | 
(Farmers’ Bul. 683.) 
Take up again the study of an ant colony. How many kinds are 
found inacolony? What differences are noted in size? In shape of | 
head? in shape of body? What is the character of work done by 
each kind? . 
Practical work.—Use the pocket notebooks and take notes on the 
flea and the ant. Bring to school in small bottles a few specimens of 
each for study in class. | 
Correlations —Language: Have each pupil write out detailed 
directions for destroying fieas. 
Drawing: Make an enlarged drawing of a flea. Make drawings : 
different kinds of ants. 
Reading: Read to the class Proverbs XXX, 24-28. 
FIFTH GRADE. 
PLANTS. 
Continued work.—Continue the compiling of facts with reference t 
orchard and forest trees. Use the table suggested for March. 
When the special tree being studied by the class is in full foliag 
make an outline drawing of it. Compare this drawing with those ¢ 
previous months. : a 
