Educational publications of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction of North Carolina . ulletin a part of the reading circle work of thecounty for the teachers of the sixth and seventh grades in order to givethem an idea as to how to use this manual. The teachers of agricultureand the home and farm demonstration agents can be of the greatestvalue to the superintendents in giving the teachers an idea as to how touse this material. This manual for teachers is the result of a co-operative project agree-ment between the United States Department of Agriculture, the StateCollege of Agricultur
Educational publications of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction of North Carolina . ulletin a part of the reading circle work of thecounty for the teachers of the sixth and seventh grades in order to givethem an idea as to how to use this manual. The teachers of agricultureand the home and farm demonstration agents can be of the greatestvalue to the superintendents in giving the teachers an idea as to how touse this material. This manual for teachers is the result of a co-operative project agree-ment between the United States Department of Agriculture, the StateCollege of Agriculture and Engineering, and the State Department ofEducation. Various members of the State College staff are the author-ity for the agricultural information contained in this bulletin. TheState Department of Education has attempted to apply this informa-tion to the school system of the State. In the selection and organization of the material the work has beendone chiefly by Mr. E. A. Merrill, Assistant in Agricultural Instruction,States Relation Service, United States Department of State Superintendent Public Instruction. TABLE OF CONTENTS GENERAL HELPS FOR TEACHERS PA6E The Plan of the Manual 7 Which Topics to Teach 7 Sources of Information 7 The School Agricultural Library 9 Illustrative Material 9 Surveys • 9 School Pairs or Exhibits ? 10 The Advisory Committee on Agriculture 10 Field Excursions 10 The Home Project 11 Preparing and Teaching the Manual Lessons 11 FIRST YEARSeptember Lesson 1. Selecting the corn seed ears from the field 12 2. Preparing for the fall garden 13 3. Harvesting and curing the peanut crop 14 4. Breeds of hogs 15 October Lesson 1. Harvesting the corn crop 17 2. The care of fall garden crops 18 3. Picking and marketing the peanut crop 19 4. Judging hogs 20 5. Treating oat and wheat seed for smut 21 6. The care and management of manure 23 7. Preparing products for markets, fairs and 24 8. Canning and Preserving home orchard fruits
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