SCHOOLS AND FARMING 



In normal schools 



Normal schools, more or less indepen- 

 dent of general supervision, are also be- 

 ginning to teach, agriculture. They will 

 prepare teachers for the public schools. 



Separate schools of agriculture 



There is a rapidly spreading demand for 

 special or separate schools to teach agri- 

 culture, and many states have already es- 

 tablished them. These schools are mostly 

 outside of any school system and are un- 

 provided with supervision. In part, they 

 are no doubt protests against the common 

 schools, as the separate colleges of agricul- 

 ture and mechanic arts were once protests 

 against the established colleges and uni- 

 versities. In part, they are founded to 

 provide better facilities and equipment for 

 the teaching of the rural industrial sub- 

 jects. In part, also, they are established to 

 satisfy the desire of communities to have 

 some institution, establishment, or feature 

 in their midst; and the school of agricul- 

 ture is now one of the institutions that are 

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