148 AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS 



127. "The Most Useful School in the Country." D. J. CROSBY. Ibid. (1909), 



257-63- 



Two small country schools are described in considerable detail as illus- 

 trating the possibilities of a rural school: one at Calvert Center, Md., the 

 other at Waterford, Pa. 



128. Steps in Agriculture. S. M. JORDON. Monthly Bulletin, Missouri 

 State Board of Agriculture, VIII, No. 8 (1910), 136. 



This contains simple studies to help "teachers interest our boys and 

 girls in better farming" as follows : the stand of corn, leaves or blades, 

 roots, flowers and blossoms, yield, corn judging, score card, seed selection, 

 weeds, insects, flies, grafting and budding, crossing, diseases of plants, 

 wheat and oats, clovers and cowpeas. 



129. Boys' and Girls' Contests. A. E. CHAMBERLAIN. South Dakota State 

 Board of Agriculture, Special Bulletin (1910), 1-15. 



Reviewed in text. 



130. The School of Agriculture at the State Fair. S. E. ANDREWS. Okla- 

 homa State Board of Agriculture, Monthly Press Bulletin, Series 1910, 

 No. 7 (September), 8-9. 



An account in detail of how the school is to be conducted. 



131. Boys' State Fair School. Springfield, 111.: Illinois State Fair Association, 

 Announcement (1911), 15. 



This gives an account of the first annual Boys' State Fair School held 

 in 1910. "The aim of the school is to offer to a well-selected body of 

 young men the means for systematic observation and study" of the great 

 agricultural and mechanical exhibits of the state fair. 



132. Agricultural Schools. E. J. MARTIN. Office of Commissioner of 

 Agriculture, Commerce and Industries of South Carolina, Sixth Annual 

 Report (1909), 93-94- 



An account of agricultural demonstration work in connection with 

 certain high schools. 



133. Agricultural Fair Associations and Their Utilization in Agricultural Educa- 

 tion and Improvement. JOHN HAMILTON. U.S. Department of Agri- 

 culture, Office of Experiment Stations, Cir. 109 (1911), 23. 



"This circular is the result of extended study of the conditions that 

 exist in the various states in connection with county fairs, and is a contribu- 

 tion toward increasing their usefulness by suggesting lines of effort along 

 which they can act for the betterment of educational, social, and economic 

 conditions in rural communities." 



134. History of Farmers' Institutes in the United States. JOHN HAMILTON. 

 U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of Experiment Stations, Bulletin 

 174 (1906), 1-06. 



As the name indicates, it is a historical account of farmers' institutes 

 in the United States. It is divided into five parts : introduction, historians, 

 government aid to institutes, American Association of Farmers' Insti- 

 tute Workers, institutes in the several states and territories. 



