vi Contents 



CHAPTER V 



Preparation and Salaries of Teachers of Agriculture in the 



High Schools 



Page 



Preparation and practical experience of the teachers 102 



Salaries paid the teachers of agriculture, trained and untrained 104 



The agricultural college as a source of supply, with statistics on 



salaries commanded by recent graduates 108 



Provision for the higher training of teachers of agriculture ill 



Courses for teachers given during the regular college year... in 



Summer school courses 112 



The summer conference 114 



The professorship of agricultural education 115 



CHAPTER VI 

 Special Secondary Schools of Agriculture 



Types of special schools and state aid 117 



Support and control 119 



Organization, curriculum, and equipment 127 



The AlalDama Congressional District Schools 128 



The Georgia Congressional District Schools 131 



The Oklahoma District Schools 136 



The Wisconsin and Michigan County Agricultural Schools 139 



Faculties of the special agricultural schools 141 



I 

 CHAPTER VH 



Problems of Agricultural Instruction in the Second.\ry School 



Agriculture and the existing school system 143 



The effect of establishing special schools 145 



The attitude of colleges and universities 151 



Difficulties of the curriculum 158 



Relation of agriculture as a branch of the high-school curric- 

 ulum to the sciences already present 158 



Relation of the agriculture taught in the high school to that 



taught in the elementary schools 167 



Difficulties of instruction 169 



The time problem i/O 



The equipment problem 171 



The teacher problem I7- 



The text-book problem 172 



The methods problem I73 



The attitude of students and patrons 176 



Help that may be given the schools 181 



Conclusions and summary 182 



APPENDIX A 



Legislation pertaining to agricultural instruction in public high 



schools 185 



APPENDIX B 



List of references on agricultural education 191 



Topical list of references 200 



INDEX 201 



