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AGRICULTURAL NATURE STUDY OUTLINES 
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Clothing .—A third fundamental human need. Kinds of clothing, 
woolen, linen, cotton, silk, leather, etc., and where each is obtained. 
Uses of clothing. Seasonal changes and adjustments of clothing. 
Talks about clothing and drygoods stores. Preparation of clothing. 
Care and hygiene of clothing. Clothing for indoors and out-of-doors. 
Clothing of primitive people. 
Health lessons .—Any good elementary text in physiologj 7 and 
hygiene will furnish abundant material as the basis of many important 
health talks. Air, food, and water necessary to sustain life. How 
does air become impure? Bad odor in the room, how caused? Need 
of ventilation and how obtained. Work of the lungs. Why keep the 
skin clean? How often bathe? Care of teeth, hair, face, hands, and 
nails. Keeping school materials clean; desks, books, drinking cups, 
etc. Preparation of foods. Best ways of cooking different foods. 
Name foods best suited for the different meals. What constitutes a 
good school lunch? Manner of eating. Various items in houseclean¬ 
ing after the winter or rainy season is over. Cleaning of the yard. 
Children help in housecleaning. 
Seasonal activities .—Character of work on the ranch during the 
dry season, haying, harvesting grain, picking fruits, etc. After 
sufficient rain, the plowing and seeding. The annual pruning of 
orchards and vineyards, why ? The spraying of fruit trees, etc., why ? 
Cultivation of orchards and vineyards, why? Conservation of water 
supply, irrigation. Dust in roads, how controlled ? Special industries 
as canning, pickling, lumbering, etc., in the particular community. 
Institutional life .—Need of a schoolhouse, a church. Human 
activities that cause the need of other public places, such as the store, 
