ELEMENTARY AGRICULTURE FOR ALABAMA SCHOOLS, 21 
Practical exercises. — (1) Make a hotbed for the school. (2) Club 
members should make hotbeds at their homes. Compost should be 
spread over the plats and the soil plowed thoroughly. 
Correlations. — Language: Write an account of the steps taken in 
making a hotbed. Drawing : Have each pupil draw to scale the home 
garden and the school garden. Arithmetic : Find the cost of making 
a hotbed, taking into account labor, lumber, and manure. If plants 
stand 1| inches apart each way, how many can be started in the 
school hotbed? Find the areas of the home and school gardens in 
the drawing exercises. 
LESSON FOUR. 
SUBJECT : DAIRYING. TOPIC : BREEDS. 
Class assignment— Duggars, pp. 295-298. Supplement the lesson 
with notes from Farmers' Bui. 106. 
Practical exercises. — Make a survey of the community as to the 
breeds of dairy cattle and the number of animals of each breed. Let 
the records show the number of pure-bred animals of each breed, the 
number of grades of each breed, and the number of " scrubs." Have 
the pupils secure this information from their homes and from the 
homes of their immediate neighbors. Where possible secure the esti- 
mated value of each animal. 
Correlations. — Language: Tabulating the facts obtained in the 
foregoing survey provides written work. Geography: Make a map 
of the community and locate thereon the homes of farmers who own 
pure-bred dairy cows. History : Have members of the class prepare 
a written account covering these points — the dates when the different 
breeds were introduced into the community, the extent each breed 
has been used, and the comparative value of each breed. Arithmetic : 
Develop problems to determine the number of pure-bred animals, the 
number of grades and the number of scrubs, the fractional part the 
pure breds, the grades, and the scrubs each is to the whole number 
of cattle ; the percentage in each case. Find the value of the different 
breeds and of all the dairy cattle in the community. 
LESSON FIVE. 
SUBJECT : SOIL. TOPIC I CONSERVING SOIL MOISTURE. 
How to secure and retain a supply of soil moisture sufficient to pro- 
duce an abundant crop is one of the important problems of the 
farmer. As a result of the winter rains a supply of moisture should 
be accumulating, hence the necessity of studying the relation of water 
to the soil. 
Class assignment. — Duggars, pp. 65-69. 
