183. Main, Josiah. Correlation of high school science and agriculture. Education, 30: 135-45, November 1909. 184. Educational agriculture. Hays, Kan., 1910. 74 p. illus. 8°. (West ern state normal school. Bulletin, vol. II, no. 3) "List of books suitable for a high-school agricultural library": p. 73-74. A discussion of high-school agriculture as the most important division of the subject of agricultural education, with the object of the proper fixing of the upper and lower limits of secondary agriculture, thereby determining the work of the elementary grades and higher institutions. 185. Michigan. State agricultural college, Lansing. Department of agricultural education. A course in agriculture for the high schools of Michigan. [Lansing] Michigan agricultural college, 1911. 64 p. 8°. (Bulletin no. 7, July 1911) 186. Report of agriculture in the high schools of Michigan. [Lansing] Michigan agricultural college, 1911. 23 p. illus. (Bulletin no. 6, July 1911) Eleventh yearbook [1912] 187. National society for the study of education. Part 2. Agricultural education in secondary schools. Chicago, Illinois, The University of Chicago press [1912] 113 p. 8°. CONTENTS: 1. The training of teachers for secondary courses in agriculture [by] A. C. Monahan, p. 9-21. 2. The vocational agricultural school [by] R. W. Stimson, p. 22-53. 3. State-aided departments of agriculture in public high schools [by] Dick J. Crosby, p. 54-65. 4. High-school agriculture without state subsidy [by] W. H. French, p. 66-74. 5. Short courses and extension work in agriculture for high schools—(a) In the South [by] H. F. Button, p. 75-82; (b) In the North [by] F. R. Crane, p. 83-90. 6. In public high schools should agriculture be taught as agriculture or as applied science (a) [by] W. R. Hart, p. 91-97; (b) [by] G. F. Warren, p. 98–101. "This yearbook was discussed at the St. Louis meeting of the National society, February 26, 1912. The program represents an analysis of the typical experiments that are being undertaken, with some interpretation of each plan and its results. The contributors of the articles are specialists who are in intimate touch with the special phases of the work which they describe." 188. New York (State) Education department. Syllabus for secondary schools; agriculture. . . 1910. Albany, New York state education department, 1910. 103 p. 8°. List of books for classroom work, p. 3-4. 189. Owens, Clarence J. Secondary agricultural education in Alabama. Washington, Government printing office, 1909. 30 p. illus. 8°. (U. S. Department of agriculture. Office of experiment stations. Bulletin 220) Gives an account of the district agricultural schools in Alabama with a description of their course of study and equipment. 190. Robison, Clarence H. Agricultural instruction in the public high schools of the United States ... New York, Teachers college, Columbia university, 1911. 205 p. 8°. (Teachers college, Columbia university. Contributions to education, no. 39) 191. "List of references on agricultural education": p. 191-200. CONTENTS: 1. Agricultural education. 2. Public high school. 3. Some typical high schools teaching agriculture. 4. Administration, equipment and methods. 5. Preparation and salaries of teachers of agriculture in the high schools. 6. Special secondary schools of agriculture. 7. Problems of agricultural instruction in secondary schools. "It comprises the most comprehensive study of high school instruction in agriculture that has been made in this country Scattered throughout the work are 54 tables giving in condensed form the results of the author's investigations, and these with the topical index will render much valuable information available to students of education." The present status of agricultural education in public secondary schools of the United States. [Chicago, 1911] p. 333-44. 8°. Reprinted from the School review, vol. xix, no. 5, May 1911. 192. True, Alfred C. Secondary education in agriculture in the United States. [Washington, Government printing office] 1909. 11 p. 8°. (U. S. Department of agriculture. Office of experiment stations. Circular 91) "A brief review of the status of secondary education in agriculture in the United States, together with a discussion of the desirable relationships between secondary and collegiate education in agriculture and outlines of two-year and four-year agricultural and horticultural courses, showing the time given not only to agriculture and horticulture but also to other natural sciences, languages, history, and mathematics." 193. Warren, George Frederick. Agriculture for high schools. In Annual conference on agricultural science, Amherst, Mass. Proceedings, 1909. 194. p. 32-43. A discussion on the economic value of agricultural study, based on a Cornell university investigation of the increased earning power of trained farmers as compared with untrained. The place of agriculture in the public high schools. In National education association. Journal of proceedings and addresses, 1910. p. 1094-1103. A brief discussion of how much education the farmer needs, what schools should teach agriculture, and the place and object of teaching it in the high school. AGRICULTURAL HIGH SCHOOLS 195. Crocheron, Bertram H. Agricultural education through the public schools. In Maryland. State board of education. Forty-fifth annual report, 1910–11. Baltimore, The Sun job printing office, 1911. p. 68–93. 196. 197. 198. Community work in the agricultural high school. In National society for the study of education. Tenth yearbook, 1911. Part II, p. 9-16. "A detailed description of the community work undertaken by the Baltimore (Md.) county agricultural high school. It includes an account of the school, its organization, and work among the farmers, farmers' wives, and the young people of the community. This paper shows the great possibilities of a rural high school in its service to an entire community, children and adults as well." Laboratory and field work in the agricultural high school. In National education association. Journal of proceedings and addresses, 1910. p. 1089–93. Discusses the difficulties of laboratory work in the agricultural high school. A very real country school; how it touches and teaches all the people. World's work, 23: 318-26, January 1912. A popular account of the Agricultural high school of Baltimore county, Maryland. 199. Cromwell, A. D. Need for agricultural high schools. School review, 16: 198– 200, March 1908. 200. Crosby, Dick J. The place of the agricultural high school in the system of public education. In National education association. Journal of proceedings and addresses, 1910. p. 1103-7. 201. The author discusses two things essential in a system of public education: 1. A standard graded course from kindergarten through the university; 2. Adequate provision for those who cannot pursue the whole course. Special agricultural high schools. In National education association. Journal of proceedings and addresses, 1909. p. 974-76. 202. Georgia. University. Report of J. S. Stewart . . . on the tentative curriculum of the district agricultural high schools... Adopted by the Board of trustees of the University of Georgia, January 10, 1907. [n. p., 1907] 8 p. 8°. 203. Macnamee, Richard S. District high schools. Pennsylvania school journal, 56: 487-91, May 1908. 204. The Minnesota agricultural high school... In Arkansas. Department of public instruction. Biennial report, 1907-1908. Little Rock, Arkansas, Democrat printing and lithographing co. p. 140–73. 205. Noble, Stuart Grayson. The Alabama system of agricultural high schools. Educational exchange, 26: 10-13, January 1911. 206. 207. 208. The agricultural high school in Mississippi. Mississippi school journal, 15: 1-6, January 1911. The curriculum of the agricultural high school. Mississippi school journal, 15: 7-11, March 1911. "Presents the results of a detailed study of the curricula of the agricultural high schools of Alabama, Georgia, and Mississippi.” Shall we have a secondary school of agriculture? Mississippi school journal, 15: 8-11, December 1910. 209. Reynolds, J. H. Agricultural high schools. In Southern educational association. Journal of proceedings and addresses, 1908. p. 515-25. COUNTY SCHOOLS OF AGRICULTURE 210. Cobb, C. A. and is doing. p. 64-69. What one Southern county agricultural high school has done Describes the work of the county agricultural high school, Chickasaw County, Mississippi. 211. Davis, Kary C. County schools of agriculture in Wisconsin. In U. S. Department of agriculture. Office of experiment stations. Report, 1904. p. 677-86. "Describes the equipment of these schools, the character of instruction and facilities, and the attitude of the students and the public towards them." 212. Johnson, A. A. County schools of agriculture and domestic economy in Wisconsin. Washington, Government printing office, 1911. 24 p. 8°. (U. S. Department of agriculture. Office of experiment stations. Bulletin 242) "This report deals with the origin, equipment, organization, and work of these schools, and also contains statistical data concerning the students, graduates, and income. 213. Michigan. Department of public instruction. County schools of agriculture. In its Seventy-first annual report. Lansing, Wynkoop, Hallenbeck, Crawford co., 1908. p. 35-42. (Department of public instruction. Bulletin no. 24) A digest of the law establishing county high schools, with general suggestions regarding their organization, courses of study, etc. MOVABLE SCHOOLS OF AGRICULTURE 214. Agricultural demonstration trains of the University of California. University of California chronicle, 11: 186-87, April 1909. 215. American association of farmers' institute workers. Report on movable schools of agriculture . . . In its Proceedings, 1908. Washington, Government printing office, 1909. p. 23–28. 216. Ball, S. Mays. With a prosperity train in Georgia. World's work, 16: 10445–53, July 1908. 217. Gregory, C. V. Farming by special train. Outlook, 97: 913-22, April 22, 1911. 218. Hamilton, John. Form of organization for movable schools of agriculture. Washington, Government printing office, 1908. 8 p. 8°. (U. S. Department of agriculture. Office of experiment stations. Circular 79) "A plan is proposed to organize movable schools of agriculture for farmers over nineteen years of age and for teachers in rural schools. A course is to extend over three or four seasons. The purpose is to equip several persons in each community so that they will be able to improve in their locality the branch of agriculture which the school represents." 35449°-12 219. Snyder, A. H. Traveling schools. In Conference for the study of the problems of rural life, University of Virginia, 1909. p. 48-54. 220. Washington, Booker T. Farmers' college on wheels. World's work, 13: 8352-54, December 1906. 221. Wilson, N. O. Railroading knowledge to the farmers: special trainloads of demonstrations and exhibits. World's work, 23: 100-6, November 1911. FARMERS' INSTITUTES 222. American association of farmers' institute workers. Proceedings, 1896– 1910. Washington, Government printing office [1897-1911] 15 v. 8°. Published by the U. S. Department of agriculture. 223. Butterfield, Kenyon L. A significant factor in agricultural education. Educational review, 21: 301-6, March 1901. "The work of the grange and farmers' institutes." 224. Creelman, G. C. [Historical sketch of the American association of farmers' institute workers] In American association of farmers' institute workers. Proceedings, 1906. Washington, Government printing office, 1907. p. 11-15. 225. Graham, A. B. The farmers' institute with relation to rural public schools. In American association of farmers' institute workers. Proceedings, 1908. p. 46-51. 226. Hamilton, John. The farmers' institute as a factor in creating a desire for an agricultural education. In American association of farmers' institute workers. Proceedings, 1902. p. 68-73. 227. 228. 229. 230. Discussion, p. 73–77. Farmers' institutes for women. Washington, Government printing office, 1909. 16 p. 8°. (U. S. Department of agriculture. Office of experiment stations. Circular 85) "A discussion of the importance of farmers' institutes for women is followed by suggestions for organizing such work, including forms of organization for county and state associations, and data concerning the kind of instruction women's institutes should give, and the extent to which women's institute work has been developed in the different states." Farmers' institutes for young people. Washington, Government printing office, 1910. 40 p. 8°. (U. S. Department of agriculture. Office of experiment stations. Circular no. 99) "Calls attention to the lack of adequate means for giving vocational training in agriculture to young people in rural districts after they leave the public school and before they enter upon their life occupation. As a partial remedy for this the author recommends the organization of boys' and girls' clubs, farmers' institutes for young people, subjects for institute study, systematic course for contest work, boys' encampments, form of organization, model constitution." The farmers' institutes in the United States. In U. S. Office of experiment stations. Annual report, 1910. p. 387-424. The reports of the Farmers' institute specialist of the Department of agriculture are published annually. They include discussions on the progress and problems of institute work, accounts of the annual meeting of the American association of farmers' institute workers, and detailed reports of the farmers' institutes in different states. History of farmers' institutes in the United States. In U. S. Office of experiment stations. Report, 1907. p. 307-54. "Includes a discussion of the progress and problems of the institute movement and a discussion of the agricultural education extension movement." 231. Stevens, F. L. The farmers' institute with relation to agricultural high schools. In American association of farmers' institute workers. Proceedings, 1908. p. 53-57. Discusses the duty of the agricultural high school to the individual and its duty to the community. The author sums up his recommendations as follows: "A dominant agricultural atmosphere to ennoble and dignify agriculture, to make the pupil realize that agriculture is worth the while; a proper recognition of agriculture in our textbooks of history, geography, literature, science; a school curriculum broad enough to give culture, but special enough to bear upon the lives of the pupils and adapted to the majority, not to the minority, of the graduates; a competent teacher secured by whatever salary is necessary; a cooperation between the agricultural high school and the agricultural colleges and normal schools of the state." AGRICULTURAL CLUBS 232. Bishop, Edward C. Nebraska corn book, including a brief treatment of the principal corn plants, potatoes and sugar beets, with something about domestic science, manual work, and announcements concerning the 1906 Corn contest and convention. Lincoln, For the Nebraska boys' and girls' associations, The University publishing co., 1906. 78 p. illus. 8°. A manual prepared for the boys and girls of Nebraska taking part in the corn growing and cook. ing contests. 233. Crosby, Dick J. Boys' agricultural clubs. In U. S. Department of agriculture. Yearbook, 1904. p. 489–96. "This paper includes a description of the boys' exhibit of corn at the Louisiana purchase exposition, the development of boys' clubs in Illinois and other states, and school fairs, and discusses the educational value of the work done by such organizations." 234. Duncan, L. N. The boys' corn clubs. May 1911. Progressive school journal, 1:6-7, 235. Hamilton, John. Agricultural fair associations and their utilization in agricultural education and improvement. Washington, Government printing office, 1910. 23 p. 8°. "This circular gives the result of an extended study of the conditions of country fairs in the various states, and contains numerous suggestions in detail as to methods of increasing their usefulness for betterment of educational, social, and economic conditions in rural communities. An appendix contains a suggested form of organization." 236. Howe, F. W. Boys' and girls' agricultural clubs. In Virginia. University. Conference for the study of the problems of rural life, 1909. p. 43-47. 237. Boys' and girls' agricultural clubs. Washington, Government printing office, 1910. 23 p. illus. 8°. (U. S. Department of agriculture. Farmers' bulletin no. 385) "Available publications": p. 19-22. "This reviews the work already accomplished by boys' and girls' agricultural and domestic science clubs in the United States, the assistance given by this Department, and the relation of such work to rural schools, and offers practical suggestions for the organization of such clubs and the planning of their work. There is also included a list of free publications of this Department and of various state colleges and experiment stations dealing directly or indirectly with this form of school extension work and related subjects." 238. Kern, Olly Jasper. "Learning by doing," for the farmer boy. Review of reviews, 28: 456-61, October 1903. 239. Boys' agricultural club of Winnebago county, Illinois. Winnebago county boys' and girls' clubs. In his The Winnebagoes, 1903 [Rockford, Ill. 1903] p. 39-49. 240. Nebraska. Department of public instruction. science clubs. In its Biennial report, 1905-1907. mond printing company. p. 420-21. Corn contest, etc., p. 421-81. Agricultural and domestic |