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Show lll'LLirilN I'OU 'IHAUIIKIIK OP Till: ItlMtAL SCHOOLS WASHINGTON, I) C Kept 7 A niimbtr of suggestions to help tho rural ru-ral publlo school teacher In leading his or her pupils to see the direct relation re-lation between home life and their school studies are contained In a new publication of the department of agriculture ag-riculture Ilulletln No 281, entitled "Correlating Agriculture With the Public School Subject In the Northern Nor-thern States, ' contains a plan of work extending from September through the fall, winter und spring to the end of June, Under this plan eaoh pupil la encouraged to undertake some home project, that Is to say, some work at home which will extend through a whole Heason, will be connected con-nected with the Instruction In agriculture agri-culture which the pupil receives at school, nnd a record rt the results of which will bo faithfully kept and turned In to the teacher at the conclusion con-clusion of the project At school the pupil' exercises In arithmetic, spelling, Kngllsh, geography, geogra-phy, etc, aro bo directed that tho value of these subjects In practical life I made clear For example, In the language lessons the pupil may be asked to write out the method which |