Inquiries and Answers 241 



in the modern agricultural subject-matter. For 

 those who cannot take full trainln;j[, the colleges 

 of agriculture offer short and special courses. 



[I have given a full outline statement of 

 these questions in Bulletin \o. i, 1908, of the 

 United States Bureau of Education, under the 

 title, "On the training of persons to teach agri- 

 culture in the public schools."] 



How can I do any nature-study work in the 

 ordinary kind of schoolroom? 



School buildings are constructed for the work 

 that is known and recognized at the time of 

 their erection; so it follows that they may be 

 very poorly adapted to nature-work. If your 

 room or building is poorly adapted, you will be 

 obliged to shift as best you can, making the 

 most of unsatisfactory conditions. Vou should 

 not give up the work for that reason, "^'ou 

 may have room at one side or end for a table 

 on which you can place a terrarium and 

 aquarium and other things. You may have a 

 window or two in which It will be possible and 

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