PROGRESS IN AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION. 



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in a bulletin of the Missouri board of agriculture. The "vacation 

 farm school "' proposed b}- Principal B. J. Ilorchem, of the Audubon 

 School, Dubuque, Iowa, is a modification of this plan providing for 

 the educational emplo} inent of town boys based on agricultural work 

 and study. 



The general extent of this interest in junior agricultural club work 

 is indicated by the fact that it is thoroughly organized in at least 

 395 counties in the United States, with a membership of more than 

 150.000. In the Southern States alone more than 10.000 boys were 

 enrolled in competitive club corn contests in connection with what is 

 known as the boys' demonstration work of this department, and an 

 aggregate of $10,000 was contributed as prizes to be awarded in club 

 contests in these v^tates. 



A COURSE IN NATURE STUDY AND AGRICULTURE 

 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. 



FOR 



The Xew York State Education Department has recenth' published 

 a course in nature study and agriculture for the elementary schools 

 of that State in 1909-10. Avhich combines in such an admirable way 

 the various features of plant and animal work for the different grades 

 that it is given herewith in full : 



Birds. 



Bird for detailed study: Englisli si)arrow. 



Directions. — Begin the worlc late in the fall after the birds have molted, 

 base it upon actual observations of live birds. These observations form the 

 material for a comparative study of the winter birds and of the spring migrants 

 as tliey arrive. 



m. Poems, stories, and pictures: Bryant's The Song Sparrow; Longfellow's Birds of Klllingworth. 



