ELEMENTARY AGRICULTURE FOR ALABAMA SCHOOLS. 33 
Class assignment. — Give the pupils notes from Farmers' Buls. 287 
and 530. 
Practical exercises. — (1) Each club member should separate the 
male from the hens that are to produce eggs for market. As soon 
as the price of eggs reaches a point that is not profitable prepare to 
preserve the eggs for late fall and winter marketing. FoIIoav in- 
structions in Farmers' Bui. No. 287. (2) Have the members of 
the class make reports as to symptoms of diseased chickens at their 
homes. Compare these with the symptoms found in connection 
with the diseases studied. 
Correlations. — Language: During this month each pupil of the 
class should be required to report weekly on the following facts at 
his home : The whole number of eggs laid, the number of eggs sold, 
the price received, the manner of disposing of the eggs — to local 
buyer or by parcel post. Arithmetic: From the foregoing facts 
develop problems adapted to needs of the class. 
LESSON TWO. 
SUBJECT : CROPS. TOPICS : PLANTING AND CULTIVATING CORN AND COTTON. 
Subtopics. — Kinds of seed beds, distance between plants, fertiliza- 
tion, cultivation. 
Class assignment. — Duggar's, pp. 125-127, 151-153. Supplement 
the lesson with notes from Farmers' Buls. 364, pp. 10-15; 537, pp. 
14-15; 601. 
Practical exercises. — (1) Club members should be preparing the 
land and planting their plats of corn and cotton. (2) Have the 
members of the class report the different methods employed in plant- 
ing corn and cotton at their homes. (3) What is meant by a water 
furrow? A balk? Abed? 
Correlations. — Language: Written work is provided for by the 
reports on planting methods required in practical exercises. Arith- 
metic: Have club members report the labor, fertilizers, and seed 
required to plant their plats of corn or cotton. From these facts 
develop problems to meet the needs of the class. History: The 
Indians planted corn when the leaves of oak trees were as large as 
a squirrel's ear. How does the present practice in your community 
compare with that of the Indians? Why is Indian corn so called? 
LESSON THREE. 
SUBJECT : HONEYBEES. TOPICS : HABITS, WORK, AND MANAGEMENT OF BEES. 
Class assignment.— Duggar's, pp. 277-280. Supplement the lesson 
with notes from Farmers' Bui. 447. (These are important topics, 
and it may be necessary to make two lessons to treat them properly.) 
