USING FLORIDA ENVIRONMENT IN TEACHING 35

 great benefit through a scientific study of the growing
 process, harvesting, and the manufacturing of its many
 products.
 Activities and Experiences:
 1. Observing planting, growing, and harvesting of pea-
 nuts in local fields.
 2. Visiting peanut mills where convenient (Many are
 found along Alabama and Georgia state lines in
 North Florida).
 3. Making peanut butter as a classroom experience.
 4. Reading about the life contribution of George Wash-
 ington Carver of Tuskegee Institute, Tuskegee, Ala-
 bama.

(20) 6-I. The Canning Industry
 The canning industry with its immense annual pack is
 a good example of man's preservation of food. Through
 the canning processes, vast quantities of vitamin rich
 food have gone from Florida to places all over the world.
 The commercial canning of citrus fruits in Florida did
 not succeed until 1920. The Florida industry has stead-
 ily grown and keeps modifying its methods in the light
 of improvements in food processing.
 A visit to a nearby canning plant will show children
 how the fruit is prepared, how the canning is done, and
 how sanitary rules are carried out. This could lead into
 a study of social studies by an investigation and study
 of places where the canned fruit is being shipped.
(21) 6-V. The Sweet Potato
 The development of the sweet potato industry in all its
 phases; cultivation, processing for food both human
 and stock, manufacture of starch, plastics, alcohol, and
 pharmaceuticals, presents a good field for science learn-
 ing in Florida. The value of the sweet potato and its
 many products is rapidly being realized by the South.
 The sweet potato helps provide balance in the diet by
 supplying carbohydrates and vitamin A. Children may
 experience many learning situations in connection with
 sweet potato production and processing. Fields may
 be visited and the plant studied in its natural surround-
 ings. Digging, loading and processing machines may
 be observed and dehydration plants may be visited.