of the respective communities rather than from the "poor" ones, as 

 the prevailing practice on poor or unsuccessful farms has little bear- 

 ing on the question of what kind of work the schools should pre- 

 pare for. 



Table 1 shows that almost 94 per cent of the farms co^.ie within 

 the classifications of "good" and "fair". In arriving at the classifi- 

 cations, the supervisors were advised to use reasonable standards of 



VOCATIONAL AGRICU LT URAL 

 SCHOOLS AMD DEPARTMENTS 

 1918-1919 



COMM6/A//TY t/GfA T/0A/,4L 



SCHOOLS. 



judgment. The financial success of the farmer was taken to be the 

 best single criterion in arriving at these judgments, though general 

 appearance, up-keep of the farm and the character and extent of 

 home conveniences were not overlooked. In view of the fact that 

 the supervisors of agriculture have had unusual experience and edu- 

 cation in the field of agriculture, and since each man rated only 

 the farms in the community in which he lives and works, it is felt 

 that the classification is as reliable as are individual expert judg- 

 ments in that particular thing. 



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