96 STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



The department again, early in the spring, held an inter-high-school 

 field and track meet to which were invited all of the state high schools, 

 The meet was very successful, about forty schools from all parts of the 

 state sending representatives. 



The bath house, which the department has charge of, continues to 

 be of great benefit to the institution. Eighty-five per cent of the young 

 men elected to pay the fee this year, thus availing themselves of the priv- 

 ileges of this building. 



RespectfuHv submitted, 



C. L. BREWER, 

 Professor of Physical Culture and Director of Athletics. 

 East Lansing, Mich., June 30'th 1909. 



REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL EDUCA- 

 TION. 



President J. L. Snyder, 



East Lansing, Mich. 

 Dear Sir — I herewith submit a report of my labors for the year. 



1. During the winter and spring terms I have taught the classes in 

 education, that is, science of education and history of education. 



2. I visited twenty high schools with a view to introducing courses in 

 agriculture. 



3. I gave addresses in ten farmers' institutes. 



4. I have visited and addressed twenty-five granges and farmers' clubs 

 in the interest of agricultural education. 



5. I have lectured in four teachers' institutes. 



6. I have prepared a course of study in agriculture for high schools 

 and a report showing the work done in the one experimental high school 

 during the year. These have been published in pamphlet form. 



7. I arranged a course of reading for farmers and farmers' wives. 

 This work is termed the college extension reading course. The books sel- 

 ected for men were Plumb's Types and Breeds of Farm Animals and 

 Vivian's Principles of Soil Fertility. The books for women were Parloa's 

 Home Economics and Rowe's Physical Nature of the Child. The outline 

 of the course was published in pamphlet form and distributed to all the 

 granges and farmers' clubs of the state, also a large quantity of the 

 bulletins were sent into Jackson county. Mason county, Saginaw county, 

 Shiawassee county and Van Buren county to be distributed by the com- 

 missioner of schools in the school districts. 



RESULTS. 



1. We have had one high school giving the full course in agriculture. 

 Tais school is located at North Adams, Mich., and the teacher is Mr. 

 Roswell G. Carr. Fortj' young men of the high school were engaged in 

 this work. The results are tabulated in bulletin No. 2 issued in March 

 1909. 



