AGRICULTURAL NATURE STUDY OUTLINES 
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Human needs .—Make a list of the principal social, educational, 
and recreational needs of the people of the community, What 
attempts are made to satisfy these needs? What is the farm bureau 
doing to satisfy economic or social needs of the farmer? Do farmers 
need money to develop their business? Is the church or the home 
making any special effort to satisfy wants and need ? In what way ? 
What is the school planning for the year? Modern conveniences in 
the home. What do they cost? What is a sanitary home? How is 
the house cleaned ? What devices may lighten labor ? Find out what 
is being introduced into the homes of the community? How is the 
farmer’s work made easier? Labor saving tools on the farm. 
Health needs .—It will be necessarjq of course, during the year to 
review some of the previous years’ work in physiology and hygiene. 
This year the emphasis may be placed on food and the digestive 
system, and respiration and the organs of respiration. Any good 
elementary text or health primer may be used as a reader to supple¬ 
ment the regular reading material and furnish abundant topics for 
discussion. Plan to observe health day with a special program. How 
prevent diseases? Character of disinfectants. Care of the school 
drinking cups and the water jar. Value of good sunlight with refer¬ 
ence to health. Condition of the outbuildings. Character of water 
supply in the community. 
2. Plant Life throughout the Year 
Strawberry .—Reports on strawberry crop of the district. Are any 
grown for other than home use? Make list of questions for study of 
the strawberry plant, the children doing their observation work at 
home. Have one plant with runners in the schoolroom Avhen children 
make their reports. Verify the statements of children. What is 
peculiar about the blossoms of the strawberry plant? When set out 
strawberry plants ? How are they set out ? How cultivated ? Do the 
plants die during the winter? What name is given to plants that 
live from year to year? In severe winters why are the strawberry 
plants covered? What is meant by the mulching of plants? What 
material may be used for mulching? Does the entire plant live over 
winter ? 
Biennials .—Beet or turnip as a type. Each child bring a few beet 
seeds to school. Where did the} 7 get the beet seed ? Has any one ever 
seen the beet in blossom? Get a good plump beet and plant it in a 
box. At the same time plant a few of the beet seed. In time the 
children will see that plants come from the beet root as well as from 
