298 ANNUAL BEPOBTS OF DEPARTMENT OF AGBICULTUBE. 



in agriculture, home projects in secondary agriculture, and judging 

 draft horses and dairy cows as subjects of instruction in the secondary 

 schools. 



Beginning with January, 1915, five numbers of Volume I of the 

 Agricultural Education Monthly were issued. This monthly con- 

 tains items of general interest pertaining to methods of teaching agri- 

 culture in the secondary schools and furnishes references and sug- 

 gestions upon timely topics suitable for subject matter. 



At the request of the Southern Commission on Accredited High 

 Schools the office has prepared outlines of courses covering one unit, 

 two units, three units, and four units of agriculture for accredited 

 high schools in the South. In cooperation with the American Asso- 

 ciation for the Advancement of Agricultural Teaching the office con- 

 tinued to study the problem of the use of land in the teaching of 

 agriculture in secondary schools. The problem in agricultural educa- 

 tion studied in cooperation with the Association of American Agri- 

 cultural Colleges and Experiment Stations was the training of exten- 

 sion workers by the land-grant colleges. 



Studies were completed dealing with the content of courses of in- 

 struction in home economics, with special reference to their develop- 

 ment in relation to the betterment of rural homes and to agricultural 

 conditions and products found in the environment of the schools. 



The supply of illustrative material, especially lantern slides, for 

 instructional purposes, was increased to meet the rapidly growing 

 demand for such material, the large amount of valuable illustrative 

 material available in the different bureaus of the department being' 

 drawn upon for this purpose. 



This division of the work of the office was in charge of Mr. C. H. 

 Lane, chief specialist in agricultural education. 



FARMERS' INSTITUTES AND MOVABLE SCHOOLS. 



As heretofore, information regarding farmers' institutes, movable 

 schools, and special agricultural meetings in the United States, also 

 notes on agricultural extension work in foreign countries were col- 

 lected and published. 



The special form of movable schools devised by this office, whereby 

 community groups of farm men and women meet foi study under 

 the leadership of one of their number, ha§ been further tested during 

 the year. This form of extension work has been found so promising 

 of good results that several courses are being prepared for this use 

 on both agricultural and home economics subjects. These courses 

 will be introduced in cooperation with agricultural colleges which 

 will furnish the necessary library, laboratory equipment, and sup- 

 plies, and conduct the examinations. 



The preparation of syllabi of lectures on agricultural and home 

 economics subjects, illustrated by appropriate sets of lantern slides, 

 which are loaned for purposes of instruction among rural people, 

 was continued. In this and other ways the office has aided the exten- 

 sion departments of agricultural colleges, the State departments of 

 agriculture, the agricultural high schools, and other schools teaching 

 agriculture, the county agricultural demonstrators, and numerous 

 local organizations in their extension work. The loan of these 



