Till- linY IN Ar.KK't I.TURE 



INK BOY IN AGRICULTURE. 



In ..-tu-uhme. tiu- U,. h.ts umve.! He has been a long time 

 way has been as tortuous as that of a wild (rape 

 times 1 , dragged distressingly. 



the !>> has | :ure, o| *pen-hearted. 



.in.! ..jK-ii-hanili-.l. Early methods of imparting a knowledi; 

 agriculture to the boy were more or less a failure because 

 largely lacked that most important <>f all thing* i- ^ known 



as " the point of conta There was too much book and not 



enough boy in the mind of the pedagogues. They were unwisely 

 endeavoring to in at the very beginning by 



ig him to memorize a lot of learned and (to him) rather mean- 

 ss phrases. It was the old story of putting the cart efore tile 

 methods of :ng the hoy in farming make 



him so entht: his work that he will hunt for definition 



on his own account. An<l when the boy reaches for 



iccord h read it with profit. Prof. 



iltural Education for 



nee. writes: " The aim of our w-rk i> to bring about the 



ilturc in the 5.000 rural schools of Ontario. This 



or the countr ' \n<l hy agriculture 



' i not me l.ut a i a new method, a 



x>1." 



Tlu agricultural repress stand for the most 



modern and ; <-m of rural i>edagogy. The schoolmaster 



ew garb. He i te of a High School 



T. a Farmers' Cluh lecturer, a lanl surveyor and ditcher, and 



ml i)nmcr and sprayer, a live stock judge, a seeds expert, and 



a fraternity org.v he latest product of the Ontario 



ultural CnlU-ge and of the Hon. James S. Duff. Minister of 



five of these agricultural representatives are 



f the Province. They spend a good part 



of tl -mers. and they are effectively reach- 



farm Their successful operation qf School 



^ricultural exhibits by the 



and ! iu s C shows do * .ill concerned, and give a 



future of our co rv A judging contest 



the Corn Grow* son held at Chatham 



he following eulogy from the eminent American agricul- 

 aiiil x|n V iali<t -rowing. Professor R. A. Moore, of 



\V " As I look at the class of boys that you 



