20 BULLETIX 258, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
JANUARY. 
LESSON ONE. 
SUBJECT : IMPBOYING SOIL. TOPIC : MANUEE MANAGEMENT. 
Applying manure to the soil. — Methods: Placing in heaps about 
the field, broadcasting, applying in hill or drill with seed. 
Storing manure. — Providing shed, packing, applying moisture. 
Class assignment. — Duggars, pp. 93-96. Supplement the lesson 
with notes from Farmers' Bui. 192. 
Practical exercises. — (1) Require the members of the class to 
report the methods employed at their homes in the management of 
manure. (2) Club members should begin spreading manure on their 
plats. 
Correlations. — Arithmetic : Keep a record of the amount and value 
of manure applied to the soil of garden or field projects. 
LESSON TWO. 
SUBJECT : CEOPS. TOPIC : TESTING SEED COEN. 
The vitality of the seed determines the regularity of the stand and 
the vigor of the plants, hence the importance of good seed. The 
vitality of seed may be determined by the appearance of the kernel 
and by the germinating test. 
Class assignment. — Duggars, pp. 130-132. Supplement the lesson 
with notes from Farmers' Buls. 253, 415, 428, 537, and 617. 
Practical exercises. — (1) Make and equip a germinating box as 
described in Farmers' Bui. 253, p. 8. Conduct a germinating test at 
school, using selected seed corn. (2) Each club member should test 
his seed corn this month. 
Correlations. — Language and drawing : Describe and draw to scale 
the germinating box. Arithmetic : Develop problems based on the 
results of the germinating test showing the possible loss in yield 
sustained by those who do not test seed. See United States Depart- 
ment of Agriculture Bui. 132. 
lesson three. 
subject: home gaeden. topics: (i) making the hotbed; (2) peepaeing the 
GAEDEN. 
The hotbed. — Selecting site, preparing manure, making frame and 
excavation, making hotbed, sowing seed. 
Preparing the garden. — Spreading compost, breaking soil and pre- 
paring seed bed, compounding fertilizers. 
Class assignment.— -Duggar's, pp. 185-191. Supplement with notes 
from Farmers' Bui. 255 and Alabama Experiment Station Circ. 14, 
Parts I and II. 
