7. Have some of the best tree planters tell how to plant a tree—preparation of soil, roots, pruning and actual planting.
Note. In any or all of these exercises pupils may get the subject matter from this pamphlet and from bulletins referred to in it. They may make note on paper of what they wish to say and speak from these notes. If the time for preparation be very short the points may be copied and read directly. Let each exercise be very short.
II
1. Announcement of outlines of contests in school or home gardening, corn growing, or other work the school may be planning, and the premiums offered for the contests and exhibits next fall.
2. Some pupils may tell of several benefits of trees and forests, or five pupils may stand together and each tell of one important benefit.
3. Have a pupil describe how to test seed corn by the individual ear method.
4. Have two pupils tell of the two types of insect moths, each telling how to control such insects.
5. Have a boy tell of three or four things necessary to improve the home lawn. (See U. S. Bulletin 248)
6. Have three pupils stand and each take one part
(a) Use of vines to beautify the grounds at school or home, naming some vines to use in certain places