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schools teaching agriculture, mechanic arts, and home-making, a list of 

 books, periodicals, and national and state publications dealing with agri- 

 culture, farm mechanics, and household economy." 



163. "Syllabus for Secondary Schools: Agriculture." Ibid., Annual Report 

 (1910), III, 1-102. 



This syllabus includes apple growing, general fruit growing, cereal and 

 forage crops, potato growing, dairy husbandry, animal husbandry, poultry 

 husbandry. Each subject is presented as a series of exercises, giving the 

 object of the exercise, materials, and directions for study. 



164. "Department of Agriculture. " E. A. COCKEFAIR. Cape Girardeau, Mo. : 

 The Missouri State Normal School Bulletin, Catalogue Number (1909), 

 63-67. 



A description of objects of work offered and detailed outline of course 

 of study. It is of particular interest because provision is made for giving 

 instruction to farmers as well as to teachers. 



165. " The Curriculum of the Agricultural High School. " STUART G. NOBLE. 

 The Mississippi School Journal, XV (1911), 7-11. 



The writer presents the results of a detailed study of the curricula of 

 the agricultural high schools of Alabama, Georgia, and Mississippi. 



166. Report of the Board of Education on Agricultural Education. R. W. 

 STIMSON, et al. Massachusetts State Department of Education, Special 

 Report (1911), 104. 



This report was prepared for the state legislature which requested that 

 an investigation be made as to the advisability of establishing a system of ag- 

 ricultural education throughout the commonwealth. The matter presented 

 in this report is a valuable contribution to the literature of agricultural edu- 

 cation because it outlines some plans not hitherto undertaken in agricultural 

 instruction. 



167. "Report of Committee on Encouraging College-Entrance Credit in High- 

 School Agriculture." A. B. GRAHAM, Proceedings of the National Edu- 

 cation Association for igio, 480-83. 



This report is the result of an investigation of a committee appointed 

 the previous year by the Department of Rural and Agricultural Education 

 of the N.E.A. 



168. "Practical Aspects of Science in Secondary Education." W. R. HART, 

 et al. Ibid., 446-80. 



This general topic was discussed at a joint session of the departments 

 of secondary, of science, and of rural and agricultural education. Following 

 the presentation of the pedagogical and scientific viewpoints are brief dis- 

 cussions of the subject as related to the various sciences usually taught in 

 high schools. 



169. "An Experiment of Methods of Teaching Zoology." J. P. GILBERT. 

 Journal of Educational Psychology (June, 1910), 321-32. 



This paper is a preliminary report of a series of investigations "to de- 

 termine the relative merits of the pure-science and applied-science methods 

 of approach in teaching secondary science." 



