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home-making outlined in this Manual have
been especially prepared for use in elementary rural schools. They are
in no sense complete outlines of the subjects with which they deal;
rather, they indicate a few of the important phases of food study,
sewing, and the care of the home with which the pupil in the
elementary school should become familiar. The underlying thought for
each problem should be: "Will this help the pupils to live more useful
lives, and will it lead to better conditions in their homes?"
The lessons are purposely made simple, and the plans are definitely
outlined, so that even the inexperienced teacher may be able to achieve
a certain measure of success. The experienced teacher will find in them
suggestions that may be of value in the further development of the
course.
The teacher who desires to use this course will necessarily have to
adapt it to her own community, and it is hoped that she may be able to
do this with but little alteration. While conditions of living and choice
of foods differ in various parts of the Province, the general principles of
nutrition, the rules of sanitation, and the methods of cooking and
serving are much the same for all.
Owing to the difficulty of securing time on the programme for frequent
lessons in home-making, each of the courses has been limited to twenty
lessons. Some teachers may not be able to have a greater number of
lessons during the school year, and they may find it well to carry the
three courses through three successive years. In other schools, where
more frequent lessons can be given, it may be well to offer all three
courses during one year. The courses in cooking and the care of the
home can be advantageously combined, as many of the problems in

both are related. The lessons in sewing may be given on another day of
the week, or it may be well to give them early in the year, to be
followed, later, by the cooking lessons. Thus an opportunity will be
furnished for the making of the cooking aprons and the hemming of the
towels.
It is most desirable that periods of at least forty minutes should be
provided for all the practical lessons. Longer periods will be necessary
for some of them, such as the preparation and the serving of a meal. If
no practical work is undertaken in the lesson, a forty-minute period is
sufficient.
LIBRARY ON HOME ECONOMICS FOR THE RURAL SCHOOL
In addition to the text-books recommended as sources of special
reference for the rural teacher, the following books, bearing on home
economics or on methods of teaching, are suggested for the rural school
library. These books have been chosen with the threefold purpose of
providing references for the teachers, reading matter for the pupils, and
a lending library for the parents.
Laundering. Balderston, L. Ray. Pub. by the Author. Philadelphia
$1.25
Country Life and the Country School. Carney, M. Row, Peterson & Co.,
Chicago 1.25
How the World is Fed. Carpenter, F. O. American Book Co., New
York .60
How the World is Clothed. Carpenter, F. O. American Book Co., New
York .60
How the World is Housed. Carpenter, F. O. American Book Co., New
York .60
How We Are Clothed. Chamberlain, J. F. Macmillan's, Toronto .45

How We Are Fed. Chamberlain, J. F. Macmillan's, Toronto .45
How We Are Sheltered. Chamberlain, J. F. Macmillan's, Toronto .45
Bacteria, Yeasts, and Molds in the Home. Conn, H. W. Ginn & Co.,
Boston 1.00
The Boston Cooking-school Cook Book. Farmer, F. M. Little, Brown &
Co., Boston. (McClelland, Goodchild & Stewart, Toronto) 1.80
The Rural School Lunch. Farnsworth, N. W. Webb Pub. Co., St. Paul,
Minn. .25
Clothing and Shelter. Kinne, H., and Cooley, A. M. Macmillan's,
Toronto 1.10
Foods and Household Management. Kinne, H., and Cooley, A. M.
Macmillan's, Toronto 1.10
Means and Methods of Agricultural Education. Leake, A. H. Houghton,
Mifflin Co., New York. (Thos. Allen, Toronto) 2.00
Rural Hygiene. Ogden, H. N. Saunders, Philadelphia 1.50
Health and Cleanliness. O'Shea, M. V., and Kellogg, J. H. Macmillan's,
Toronto .56
Rural Education. Pickard, A. E. Webb Pub. Co., St. Paul, Minn. 1.00
Manual of Personal Hygiene. Pyle, W. L. Saunders, Philadelphia 1.50
Feeding the Family. Rose, M. S. Macmillan's, Toronto 2.10
Food Products. Sherman, H. C. Macmillan's, Toronto 2.00

TWENTY LESSONS IN THE CARE OF THE HOME
SUGGESTIONS TO THE TEACHER

The purpose of this course is to give the pupils instruction in various
household tasks, in order that better living conditions may be secured in
the homes. The beauty and sacredness of an ideal home life should
receive emphasis, so that the pupils may be impressed with the
importance of conscientious work in the performance of their daily
household duties. They should