SCHOOLS AND FARMING 



culture, or, preferably, by both, one on 

 the side of administration and the other on 

 the side of subject-matter. 



When such work comes in the schools, 

 the state departments of public instruc- 

 tion must develop a broad policy of indus- 

 trial education, with a well-equipped 

 bureau or division to* administer it. This 

 division should also have relation to the 

 work in special schools of agriculture. 

 Personally, I doubt the wisdom of sepa- 

 rating the administration of agricultural 

 education from that of other industrial 

 education. The two lines should develop 

 coordinately ; and agricultural training 

 should be in good part manual or "indus- 

 trial." 



Relation of the whole 



Time is now at hand when the agricul- 

 ture teaching in all these institutions 

 should be related, and when an organized 

 system or plan should be perfected. The 

 college of agriculture in each state should 

 be a part of this plan, dominating at least 

 the technical agriculture work, so that 

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