PKOGRESS IN AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION. 



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arousing much interest among the farmers of the county. Some of 

 the county papers are devoting part of a cohmm each week to the 

 Calvert school. The principal visits other schools in the vicinity for 

 the purpose of getting their teachers and pupils interested in agri- 

 cultural subjects. 



The regular work of the school begins with the seventh year, but at 

 the present time some sixth-grade work is being done in order to 

 allow the other schools to bring then- work up to a point where it will 

 articulate with the Calvert course. Following is the course of study 

 as prepared by the principal of the school and the expert in agri- 

 cultural education of this OiHce and revised by the Cecil County 

 school board: 



Course of study for Cecil County Agricultural School, Calvert, Md. 



Agriculture. 

 I. Class-room exercises. 



FIRST YEAR. 



The structure and physiology of plants. — How plants feed, grow, and reproduce, and 

 their relation to light, heat, moisture, air, and soil. 



Soils. — Their nature, functions, origin, properties, classes; relation to temperature, 

 air, and moisture, and their management, including tillage, drainage, the use of 

 manures, and the effect of cropping. 



SECOND YEAR. 



Farm crops. — Study of the principal field, orchard, and garden crops of the region, 

 with reference to culture, protection from insect pests and diseases, and methods of 

 harvesting and marketing. 



THIRD YEAR. 



Domestic animals. — Classes, types, breeds, care, and management of horses, cattle, 

 sheep, swine, and poultry. Score card and judging practice. Study of dairy ani- 

 mals — their feeding, care, and management. Milk — its composition, handling, and 

 uses. 



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