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teacher of homemaking. If the teacher of homemaking is also 

 qualified to teach some of the ■special subjects of agriculture as 

 fruit groAvicg, poultry husbaudrj aud dairying, there could be 

 provision made for four years of vocational work for both boys 

 and girls. 



There seem to be no inherent reasons why women should not 

 occupy positions of responsibility and trust in connection with 

 almost every line of agriculture. There are numerous instances 

 in which a farmer's success has depended more on the business 

 ability, knowledge, energy and tact of his wife than on his own 

 attainments. In certain specialties the opportunities for women 

 in farming are as great as for men. It would seem preeminently 

 fitting for women to become managers of poultry raising, bee- 

 keeping and flower-growing establishments, and in but slightly less 

 degree, of vegetable gardening and fruit-growing enterprises. 



Mr. Tucker: It is deeply to be regretted that it is impossible 

 to invite discussion or comments on this very interesting paper by 

 reason of the engagements of the speaker who is next to follow. 

 The topic is slightly different from tho=ie which we have been 

 considering, but closely allied to them, anr^ the speaker is a dis- 

 tinguished teacher of agriculture. We shall have the pleasure 

 now of listening to an address on " Modern Business IMethods 

 Applied to Farming," by Dean H. E. Cook of the St. Lawrence 

 School of Agriculture. 



MODERN BUSINESS METHODS APPLIED TO AGRICULTURE 



H. E. Cook 



Much is said and written concerning the application of modem 

 business methods to the fann and as a rule they fail when tried. 



The situation has been particularly embarrassed by the fact 

 that the finest type of business men, men who have mastered the 

 science of the business world found themselves hopelessly in- 

 volved when they touched the fann. To our wealthy men farm- 

 ing was synonymous with loss, and so however nnu-h was said 

 about business methods and bookkeeping the farmer kept along 

 in his o^^^l way, and pointed to as evidence of failure, these same 

 methods applied on a neighboring farm. 



