CORRELATING AGRICULTURE IN NORTHERN STATES. 21 
write a full report when they set a hen or start the incubator. Write 
and preserve reports of each field trip or demonstration, with full 
description of processes. Have either written or oral descriptions of 
work planned for the immediate future. 
Reading and spelling. — Read some rural life selections like the fol- 
lowing: The Homes of the People — Grady; The Plowman — Holmes; 
The Meadow Lark — Hamlin; Bluebird — Aldrich; Tubal Cam — 
Mackay; Out at Old Aunt Mary's — Riley; The Parable of the 
Sower — Bible. Use also bulletins and periodicals on the topics of 
current interest. Some Farmers' Bulletins of seasonal use (besides 
those previously referred to) are Nos. 516, The Production of Maple 
Sirup and Sugar; 585, Incubation of Hen's Eggs. Also consult the 
list of bulletins for those which concern special garden vegetables. 
Arithmetic. — Material for problems will be found in poultry records, 
bills for seed, fertilizer and tools, cold-frame construction, orchard 
work, and dairy projects. The maple-sugar section has problems 
peculiar. to that work. Develop the topic of taxation in the section, 
the method of assessing and its bearing on farm management. Find 
what correction of figures submitted with club projects might be 
needed to apply them to farm accounts hi view of taxes, interest, and 
other fixed charges in the district and to show exact profit. 
Geography. — Study the advantages and disadvantages of local 
climate in relation to early spring work on the farm. On a map draw 
lines to show the market radius for different local products. Use ink 
of another color and indicate sources of local purchases for farm sup- 
plies, especially those which might be produced locally. On the State 
map locate cooperative associations of farmers as creameries, breeders' 
associations, etc. Obtain information as to late spring frosts, safe 
dates for planting, transplanting, etc. 
History. — Discuss the following topics in class after pupils have used 
reference books, local histories, and other texts: (1) Food supply 
and progress. The influence of transportation facilities. Such books 
as Brigham's From Trail to Railway Through the Appalachians, are 
helpful. (2) Local food supply and markets during early history. 
(3) The crops and industries as influencing the attitude of different 
States on great national issues. (4) Americans have invented and 
developed much machinery for raising and utilizing farm crops. 
Why ? What machines ? There are numerous books on inventions 
including such as Forman's Stories of Useful Inventions. Observe 
how man power is giving way to machine power in America faster 
than in Europe. 
Drawing. — Use such sketching material as seedlings, bursting buds, 
a sugar camp, or some utensils. Draw tools used in grafting and 
pruning. Make diagrams for cold frame, trap nest, brood nest, or 
