H4 AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS 



farming interests, and tends to make the school the center of community 

 life; stirs farmers to greater endeavor and to better methods of farming, and 

 increases general interest in agriculture and returns. 



Perhaps the most important contribution that these clubs are 

 now making to agricultural education in the public schools is 

 the recognition by the patrons of the direct value in dollars 

 and cents that such instruction has, a recognition which will lead 

 to better support of the schools by the community and greater 

 interest in them. 



