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periuieiits aud deinousd-atiuii.s bulk lur iiuluui- work and outdoor work, 

 in order that the teachers in tlie rural schools inij;ht have somelhinj; 

 definite to present to the children. We prepared this bulletin at the 

 request of ITon. L. L. Wriglit, State Superiulendent, and the same was 

 imblished by his dei)arlnient and distributed to all the rural schools 

 of the state. We have had many complimentary letters from rural 

 teachers and county commissioners conceniing this bulletin. \Ve may 

 say that in practically all of the rural schools of the state somelhinj;- of 

 the elements of agriculture has been taught during the past year. In 

 many of the schools good use has been made of the elementary text 

 book in the 7th and 8th grades. The aim of this instruction is inainl,\ 

 to interest children in agricultural work, and to teach them a respect 

 for the business of their fathers. 



A third bulletin. Bulletin No. 10, was prepared, dealing with the 

 organization and development of boys' and girls' clubs, under the gen- 

 eral title "Junior Agricultural Association of Michigan." 



8. In addition to visiting the high schools where agriculture is taught 

 I have visited some fifty other schools and conferred with the superin- 

 tendents and boards of education in regard to introducing agriculture 

 into the high school courses. We have also been called upon to give 

 addresses before other high schools on the subject of agricultural edu- 

 cation. My assistant, Mr. Nye, has helped me very materially in this 

 matter of visitation. 



9. I have conducted or assisted in ten different teachers' institutes 

 in the state during the year. This gave me an excellent opportunity 

 to present the subject of both elementary and secondary agriculture be- 

 fore considerable bodies of teachers. The discussions were mainlv along 

 the line of elementary agriculture, and I feel that this work gives me a 

 special opportunity to keep in touch with both the rural schools and 

 the high schools. 



10. The registration and location of teachers prepared in this in- 

 stitution requires considerable time and a very large amount of cor- 

 respondence. We had thirty graduates from the Home Economics course, 

 nearly every one of whom desired to teach, and we have already se- 

 cured places for all but eight. Many of the young women do not care 

 to teach domestic science and art, but prefer other high school positions. 

 As stated before in this report, twenty men have accepted places to 

 teach. Two of these young men, Mr. Cowing and Mr. Hamilton, go to 

 Minnesota; Mr. McDonald goes to Syracuse University; Mr. Smith aud 

 Mr. Sayre have accepted positions as teachers in the Philippines, and 

 the rest of the young men will be employed in Michigan. 



11. On April 25th the State Association for the Advancement of 

 Agricultural Teaching met in room 109 of the Agricultural Building. 

 This was the largest meeting yet held by this Society. The purpose 

 of the meeting was to give an opportunity to the men teaching agricul- 

 ture to get together and discuss their special problems, and also to 

 present some of the larger problems yet to be solved in connection with 

 the subject of agricultural education. AVe were very fortunate in se- 

 curing Professor K. L. Hatch, of the University of Wisconsin, for an 

 address on the subject of agricultural education. The attendance at 

 this meeting included a large number of village and city superintendents 

 as well as the teachers of agriculture and the members of our class 



