CORRELATING AGRICULTURE IX SOUTHERX STATES. 
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EXCURSIONS AND PRACTICAL WORK. 
Excursions for the purpose of studying birds, animals, and insects should be con- 
tinued. It would be well to make excursions to gardens, orchards, or fields where 
methods of combating harmful species of any of the foregoing are being employed. 
Practical work for these months will consist almost entirely of caring for the garden 
plats of the pupils (fig. 2). 
THE SCHEME FOR GRADES SIX TO EIGHT. 
While the following suggestive scheme is prepared for all the pupils 
of these grades, yet the success with which these exercises may be 
correlated with the other school work will depend to a great extent 
upon the cooperation of the club members of the school. The im- 
Fig. 2.— Harlem, 111., consolidated school garden. 
portance of club membership should be emphasized by the teacher 
in every way possible, especially by calhng upon the members to 
assist in this work and by making the problems of the clubs the 
problems of the school. 
SEPTEMBER. 
LANGUAGE LESSONS. 
Written reports of field observations. Compositions on selection of seed in the field: 
Corn, cotton, tomatoes, potatoes, tobacco, cane, peanuts, etc. Make records of prac- 
tical work. Letter writing: Write letters ordering seed catalogues, asking for the quo- 
tation of prices on seed, requesting publishers to contribute farm papers for school 
libraries, asking friends and others to contribute books on agricultural subjects for 
.school libraries. 
