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points. (2) If there is a silo at the home of any member of the class 
require that pupil to make a written report covering the points men- 
tioned in exercise 1. 
Correlations. — Language: Require the pupils to copy in their 
booklets the notes and reports on the foregoing exercises. Arith- 
metic: (1) One cow consumes the silage from 8 square feet of sur- 
face to a depth of 2 inches each day. What should be the diameter 
of a silo to feed a herd of 10 cows? Fifteen cows? Twenty cows? 
(2) If the silage is fed an average depth of 2 inches each day, what 
should be the height of a silo to feed a herd 120 days ? One hundred 
and eighty days? (3) If silage weighs an average of 35 pounds a 
cubic foot, how many tons in a silo 14 feet in diameter and 30 feet 
high? 
LESSON SIX. 
subject: home orchard and garden, topics: (i) cultivating the orchard; 
(2) planting and cultivating the garden. 
The orchard. — Plowing; fertilizing; planting low-growing, inter- 
cultural crops. 
The garden. — Transplant sweet potatoes, eggplants, cantaloups, 
and make preparations to set tomatoes in May. Plant squash and 
pumpkin seeds. Continue planting beans and setting cabbage plants. 
Class assignment.— Duggar's, pp. 216-217, 190, 162, 163, 164. Sup- 
plement the lesson with notes from Alabama Experiment Station 
Circ. 14, Part I, pp. 19, 29, and 36 ; Part II, pp: 68, 70, 72, and 73 ; 
Bui. 156, pp. 121, 122 ; Farmers' Buls. 491, 632, 642, and 647. 
Practical exercises. — (1) Continue planting vegetables in the home 
and school gardens. (2) Tomato-club members should prepare to 
set tomato plants in May. The tomato plants should, now be trans- 
ferred from boxes or hotbeds to cold frames. 
Correlations. — Drawing: Make a plan of the home garden, show- 
ing the location of the different kinds of vegetables. Arithmetic: 
Develop problems to determine the cost of labor, fertilizers, and seeds 
used this month in the school and home gardens. 
LESSON SEVEN. 
subject: flowers, topics: (i) importance; (2) parts; (3) pollination. 
Importance. — Plants produce flowers; flowers develop into seed; 
seed develop into plants. 
Parts of floivers. — (1) Calyx, the divisions of which are called 
sepals; (2) corolla, the divisions of which are called petals; (3) sta- 
mens, the divisions of which are the filament, the anther, and the pol- 
len; (4) pistil, the divisions of which are the ovary containing the 
ovules, the style, and the stigma. 
