AGRICULTURAL EDUCATIO^ST. 6Q5 



Rural school agriculture, H. L. Kent (Agr. Ed. [Eans. Ayr. Col.], 5 (1912), 



No.f. 2, pp. 4; 4, pp. 4; 7, pp. 4; 8, pp. 4; 5 (191S), Nos. 9, pp. 4; ^2, pp. 4; 



J 4, pp. 4). — These monthly outlines for teachers are based on the following 

 principles: (1) The work in a^ricnlture should follow the order of the seasons 

 rather than the order of the textbook; (2) the teacher should emphasize the 

 study of things of special importance to that particular locality; (3) the class 

 work should make use of materials as largely as possible and this subject 

 should be a study of things rather than of books: (4) recitation periods should 

 be longer, even though there must be fewer of them a week ; and (o) the tciicher 

 must plan the work for at least a week in advance and provide materials 

 beforehand. 



Instruction in home economics and agriculture for young' girls, A. Carre 

 (Proff. Agr. et Vit. (Ed. I'Est-Centre), 34 (1913), No. 16. pp. 494-504).— This 

 article discusses the necessity of professional instruction for the future farm 

 woman, the rational organization of instruction in home economics and agri- 

 culture, higher agricultural and home economics instruction at Grignon. fixed 

 and itinerant schools of agriculture and home economics, and the advantages 

 and deficiencies of home economics schools. 



Good Roads Arbor Day, compiled by Susan B. Sipe (U. S. Bur. Ed. Bui. 

 1913, No. 26, pp. 29, pis. 9). — The object of this bulletin is to call the attention 

 of .school children to the importance of good roads and to the various means of 

 making travel over them more comfortable and ;ittractive. It contains a brief 

 sla foment as to the history of road building in this and other countries, the 

 custom of planting trees on the roadside, and other material that can be used 

 in the observance of Good Roads Arbor Day. 



The value of agricultui-al club work in New England, O. A. Morton (Jour. 

 E'l. \ Boston], 78 (1913), No. 3. pp. 7-J-76'). — Among the questions discussed in 

 this article are (1) how does the country school work of the past compare 

 with that of the present; (2) who is to be held responsible largely for the re- 

 direction of the rural schools into more practical community activities; and 

 (3) in what ways may horticultural, agricultural, and domestic science club 

 work become a real factor in the educational, social, and industrial betterment 

 of the conunimity in which it is located? 



It is pointed out that the superintendents of schools and teachers in over 250 

 cities and towns in Massachusetts have organized one or more units of work 

 and that over 7 tons of seed and literature have been sent this year from the 

 Massachusetts Agricultural College to 19,687 members of local clubs. More 

 than 56,000 boys and girls cultivated home and school gardens and larger areas 

 this year under the direction of their teachers and superintendents. Over 

 $7,000 was available for local and state premiums. The author believes that 

 agricidtural club work is one of the most promising, profitable, and helpful 

 lines of educational work now open to educators. J 



Elementary agriculture in the rural schools of Missouri, R. H. Embeeson 

 (Wallaces' Farmer, 38 (1913), No. 24, P- 940).— According to this article, 30,938 

 pupils in 103 counties reporting studied elementary agriculture in the rural 

 schools of Missouri during the school year of 1912-13. The work consists, 

 among other things, in the preparation of notebooks containing reports of the 

 experiments and other tests and compositions on special agricultural products 

 of the school district. Many of the rural schools also hold corn judging con- 

 tests and make practical applications of grafting, pruning, spraying, and learn- 

 ing to judge live stock. Some of the schools are making the school garden a 

 part of the daily work. It is the verdict of teachers that this work brings new 

 interest and enthusiasm into the whole program of the school. 



