84 AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS 



portance of this kind of education is urged. Another point of 

 view is set forth under the title "Rural Education" (121). 



Rural education is but a section of the general school question; agricul- 

 tural education is a branch of technical training. These two phases of 

 education of the farm population meet at many points, they must work in 

 harmony, and together they form a distinct educational problem. 



Three difficulties are mentioned: (i) To secure a modern 

 school equal to the city school; (2) to enrich and expand the cur- 

 riculum so as to make it a vital and coherent part of rural- 

 community life; (3) to provide adequate high-school facilities 

 in the rural community. 



