1918.] AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION. 597 



organization of secondary schools in agriculture, including courses of study and 

 supervision; materials and methods in secondai-y school agriculture; super- 

 vised practical work in agriculture, including the home project method of in- 

 struction ; teacher training for trades and industries ; home economics educa- 

 tion as vocational education in schools and classes receiving Federal aid ; 

 teacher training for the teaching of home economics subjects ; suggestive 

 courses of study and content of courses in home economics ; etc. 



The report also includes a statement of the response of the States to the act 

 as regards the designation of State boards to cooperate with the Federal board, 

 appropriations for vocational education, etc., and a tabular statement of the 

 allotment of the Federal funds to the States for the fiscal year 1918. The act 

 had been accepted by all States except North Dakota and Rhode Island. In 29 

 States the State board of education was designated as the cooperating board ; 

 in New York and West Virginia the board of regents was designated ; in Colo- 

 rado the State board of agriculture, in Minnesota the State high-school board, 

 and in Wisconsin the State board of industrial education ; while in Alabama, 

 Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Maine, Michigan, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Hamp- 

 shire, North Carolina, Oklahoma, and Oregon, new boards for vocational edu- 

 cation were created. There are no records of acceptance of the act by North 

 Dakota and Rhode Island. 



The total allotment to the States is $1,655,586.72, of which .$547,027.79 is for 

 the salaries of teachers, supervisors, and directors of agriculture, $564,4^^4.89 

 for salaries of teachers of trade, home economics, and industries, and 

 $544,114.04 for salaries of teachers and maintenance of teacher training. Of 

 the States New York received the largest appropriation, namely $154,210.39, of 

 which $19,535.60 is for agriculture, $84,950.35 for trade, home economics, and 

 industry, and $49,724.44 for teacher training. Thirteen States I'eceived the 

 minimum of $15,000.00 each. The largest allotment for agriculture made to a 

 single State was $30,744.79 to Pennsylvania, while 16 States received $5,000 

 each, the minimum allotment. 



Statement of policies {Fed. Bd. Vocational Ed. Bui. 1 (1917), pp. 10, fig. 1). — 

 This bulletin presents a preliminary and tentative summary of the policies 

 thus far adopted by the Fe<leral Board for Vocational Education for adminis- 

 tering the Smith-Hughes Act. Part 1 includes general policies or standards, 

 and Part 2, principally rulings upon and a discu.ssion of points, raised at the 

 hearings given to the State boards for vocational education. Two appendixes 

 contain the text of the act; an analysis of the legal requirements imposed 

 upon the States, the Federal board, the Secretary of the Treasury, the custodian 

 for vocational education, etc. ; and statistical tables showing the total annual 

 grants by the Federal Government under the act for vocational education In 

 agriculture, trade, home economics and industries, and for teacher training for 

 the fiscal year 1918. 



Federal aid for vocational ag^riculture in Texas under the Smith-Hughes 

 Law {Dept. Ed. Tex. Bui. 68 (1917), pp. i^)-— This bulletin outlines the condi- 

 tions governing Federal aid for vocational agriculture in Texas under the 

 provisions of the Smith-Hughes Act, including a statement of the approximate 

 appropriations available during the next 10 years. 



Under the plan announced. Federal aid may be given to vocational agri- 

 cultural departments in high schools classified by the State department of 

 education, special vocational agricultural schools, and part-time or evening 

 classes for vocational agriculture. The community board of control of voca- 

 tional agricultural departments in classified high schools must provide a $200 

 equipment as a minimum and such additional equipment as may be required 

 by the State board for vocational education, and lease or purchase suitable 



