10 Sept., 1918.] 



Agriculture in America. 



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Many methods of teaching agriculture in the High School are in 

 vogue in the United States, but probably the most promising of these 

 methods is being tried out in Massachusetts. I propose to describe the 

 system of agricultural instruction in Massachusetts as an illustration 

 of the method adopted for secondary instruction in agriculture. 



The Reading High School, Massachusetts. 

 This High Ecliool gives an agricultural course based on the " Home Project " plan. 



Agricultural Class Room in the Reading High School, Massachusetts. 



Through the courtesy of the Massachusetts Board of Education I 

 was able to inspect the Reading High School, the Bristol County Agri- 

 cultural School, the Essex County Agricultural School, and the ISTorfolk 

 County Agricultural High School. These schools provide for training 

 in agriculture for boys of the age of fourteen to eighteen. 



