required either the course just described or one in forge practice 

 for an equal length of time. The work covered is similar to what 

 is usually given in elementary forge practice in schools of engineer 

 ing. The Pennsylvania State College now requires students in 

 agricultural education to take farm shop work for six hours per 

 week for one semester. 



Figure 8 

 Age of supervisors of Agriculture, September 1, 1010 



In addition to the experience obtained in normal school or col- 

 lege in working with materials of construction, most of the super- 

 visors had practical experiences with tools and materials of repair 

 and construction, incidental to their farm life. This work no doubt 

 varied considerably with the men in amount and in character, but 

 farmers as a class do considerable work with hand tools ; this must 

 not be overlooked in spite of the fact that we have no exact measure 

 of the amount, nor can we describe its quality in a scientific way. 

 After all may not the description : "five years of practical farm 

 experience in general farming in Pennsylvania", give as clear a no- 

 tion of how much experience in farm repair and construction work a 



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