ELEMENTAEY AGRICULTURE FOR ALABAMA SCHOOLS. 11 
NOVEMBER. 
LESSON ONE. 
SUBJECT : CROPS. TOPIC '. THE BLACK WEEVIL OF CORN. 
/Subtopics. — Life history, damage done ; preventive measures — seed 
selection, value of husk covering, resistant varieties, harvesting, 
storing; fumigation — room, dose, application of carbon disulphid, 
precautions. 
Class assignment. — Alabama Experiment Station Bui. 176. The 
teacher should give pupils notes on the subtopics from this bulletin. 
Practical exercises. — (1) One ounce carbon disulphid is required 
as a dose to fumigate 3 cubic feet of ear corn. Secure a small box, 
fill it with ears of corn affected with weevils, apply the proper dose 
over the surface of the corn, cover the box tightly, and keep it away 
from fire. After 7 to 10 days remove the cover, ventilate the box, 
examine the corn, and note results. (2) Secure 10 ears of sound corn, 
10 partially damaged by weevils, and 10 seriously damaged. Shell 
each lot, carefully weigh equal measurements of each, and compare. 
Correlations. — Language : Describe an ideal weevil resistant ear of 
corn. Drawing: Make drawings of ears and grains seriously affected 
by weevils. Arithmetic: From the facts ascertained in exercise 2 
develop problems as to the damage done the crops from which the 
ears were selected. 
LESSON TWO. 
SUBJECT : HORTICULTURE. TOPIC ; SETTING AN ORCHARD. 
Distance between trees. — Apples: 16 by 32 feet, 20 by 20 feet, 
24 by 24 feet. Good distance for the cultivation of other crops. 
Peaches: Trees may be set in squares or triangles, the rows parallel. 
Squares 18 by 18 feet seem preferable. Plums, cherries, and pears 
usually require same distance as peaches. Pears and cherries may 
require greater distance. 
Seasonal varieties. — Apples: Yellow Transparent, Eed Astrakhan, 
Red June, Golden Sweet, Maiden Blush, Horse, Hackworth, Ben 
Davis, Winesap, Shockley, Mammoth Blacktwig, Yates, Reese Seed- 
ling. Peaches : Mayflower, Sneed, Greensboro, Carman, Hiley, Cham- 
pion, Belle of Georgia, Elberta, Crawford Late. Plums : Red June, 
Abundance, Wild Goose, Burbank, Gold, Satsuma. Cherries : Early 
Richmond, English Marrello. Figs: Celeste or Celestial, Brown 
Turkey, Lemon. Pear: Leconte, Kiefer, Goshen, Russet or Apple. 
Digging holes, pruning tops and roots. — These are important 
features of the lesson, and should be given proper emphasis. 
Class assignment. — Duggar's, pp. 219-224. Teacher should sup- 
plement lesson with notes from Farmers' Buls. 113, 154, 482, 491, 
631, 632, and 633. 
