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BULLETIN 
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Use corn, grain, and garden seeds. Rectangular box tester lias its advantages, while 
the cloth roll is easily carried. Illustrate both. Detect weed seeds in small seeds. 
References — Bureau of Plant Industry Doc. 803 and Circ. 104; Farmers' Bui. 428. 
V. PERMANENT EXHIBITS. 
The limit, to the extent of these exhibits lies in the space and protection possible. 
Insects, dust, mice, and careless children should be provided against at the outset 
lest discouragements follow. See Farmers' Buls. 586, plant-material exhibits; 606, 
insects, rocks, soils, etc.; 617, School Lessons on Corn. 
Charts may be made of surveys of the district covering club interests, animals, crops, 
birds, etc. Charts in the form of maps of the district make graphic exhibits of local 
conditions. Colored seals may be used as indicators. 
Pictures of famous or ideal animals, of typical plants and fruit, of model structures 
and equipment may be procured from periodicals. If they are mounted and filed 
away from the dust and sunlight, they will prove valuable in teaching. 
VI. GARDEN PLANS. 
The home or the school garden needs careful planning during the latter part of the 
winter. The success of the garden as well as its attractiveness may be insured by 
careful planning at an early date. What to plant must be first decided and then a 
chart arranged to scale having in mind area, sunlight, buildings, varieties, successions, 
and the possibility of horse cultivation. Beauty is possible even in the vegetable 
garden. 
In the school garden make individual plats run so that summer cultivation may 
run through the whole area. If any demonstration is attempted, get the cooperation 
of some farmers. (See Farmers' Buls. 154, 220, 254, and 255.) 
Vn. A DISTRICT SURVEY. 
A district survey may be similar to a census, but the aim should be to learn more 
about the community and to obtain interesting material for school work. Eventually 
the district will profit by these surveys. Take up but few points for one investiga- 
tion, ask the pupils to cover definite portions of the district faithfully, and after the 
data are collected tabulate and compute interesting results. TVhenever this material 
can well be shown on the map make such a survey map of the district to file with the 
tabulated chart. Where any valuable conclusions can be drawn allow them to be 
made public unless ill feeling may be caused. Keep charts covering the club work 
constantly up to date. These charts will vary much in character in different localities, 
but the samples here given will illustrate the idea. Along some lines a township, 
county, or State survey chart may be of value. Obtain heavy paper for survey, 
similar to manila paper used to wrap tobacco or heavy merchandise. The size should 
be 18 by 24 inches or larger. Make maps of district this size also for survey work. 
Sample survey forms are here given. 
DISTRICT CORN SURVEY FOR SEPTEMBER. 
Year . 
(Other crop surveys may be made with modifications of this form.) 
District Teacher 
Township Pupils' survey committee . 
( Jounty and State 
No. 
Name of 
farmer. 
Location. 
Acres in 
farm. 
Acres of 
corn. 
Yield. 
Yield per 
acre. 
Variety. 
Acres of 
silage. 
Seed se- 
lect ion. 
1... 
2... 
3 
Etc 
