Show Schools Study IC Horne Economics Econom ics What is the tho economical value of or orthe the tho average city lot lol m may 1 receive authentic answer in time timo if the proposed proposed proposed pro pro- posed program of study outlined by Reid Heid is carried through to a conclusion That the city lot has potential values as a garden plot or small pasturage was well demonstrated during luring the tho war when it became almost a u religion to every ery available inch of or soil judiciously Since Sinco the closing of the war there has hus been a rapid decline in the Interest In cultivating cultivating ing the home garden plot and it is in the tho hopes o of reviving somewhat t L un that laton interest that umi L uio tide superintendent superintendent super has planned work along Jlong that lint line Une The rho following outline of study Y has been heen prepared for th the an and d grades and high school stud students To lo To interest In i Objectives Objectives' develop nn an terest in the lie home homme Its sources o ol 01 Income and its beautification Continued on Page 8 I Schools Study Home Economics Continued from page 1 To mal make e a study of or a vital ital agricultural agricultural agricultural agri agri- cultural problem on a small scale To furnish an opportunity for the use of drawing and arithmetic in a asi si significant social project Preparation Preparation Preparation-Ilave Have the student enumerate the best kept lots of the community and then the points of or excellence of cacti each cach Visit the best lots lota Invite gardeners garden garden- ors ers to give talks s. s Procedure Ea Each h student will find the area of his home hone lot ascertain as- as ascertain ascertain as as- certain area ana devoted to buildings to paths and roads to wood piles to corrals to trees to to- la lawns lans ns to flowers to garden and to that which is la waste land Find the percentage devoted to each area Make a figure showing showIng show show- Ing distribution Is there wisdom in the distribution the tho arrangement arrangement arrange arrango- ment or placement Make 1 a scale scalo drawing of the lot Determine tho the value in terms of dollars and cents of a square rod of land devoted to lawns to trees to alfalfa to vegetables tp wheat or oats when used as a fodder etc What should tho the lot produce if ifa ifa a t maximum production were realized realized realized real real- What Is realized I Determine Determine which are aro the profitable crops What improvement can you suggest suggest suggest sug sug- gest for the tho home homo lot Write VrHo a paper pallor on the subject Suggested Improvements Around the Home E E. E T. T Reid 0 |