classes, with the result that the exercise method, conventional 

 manual training equipment, and related methods and ideals were 

 largely carried over into the new field. In order to enable a pos- 

 sible closer correlation and adaptation between farm shop work as 

 practiced by successful farmers and education in farm shop work 

 as given in the vocational agricultural schools and departments al- 

 ready mentioned, this study has been undertaken. 



In Part I, the attempt has been made to find out : 



1. What kinds of construction work do farmers perform in 

 wood, concrete and in iron and steel ? 



2. What kinds of repair work do farmers perform in the 

 same materials? 



3. What kinds of construction work in the materials men- 

 tioned do farmers leave to expert mechanics such as 

 carpenters, concrete workers and blacksmiths. 



4. What kinds of repair work in the same materials do 



farmers leave to expert mechanics? 



Part II consists of a presentation of conditions as they exist 

 in the schools with which this study is concerned. It covers a 

 study of the teaching force and a discussion, based on the facts 

 found in the study, and on personal observation, and interviews of 

 various phases of farm shop work as a part of a vocational agricul- 

 tural education program. 



Scope of the Problem. The data for Part I of the study were 

 secured from 400 farmers who are distributed in thirty of the thirty- 

 three communities of the state in which rural community vocational 

 schools, and vocational agricultural departments in high schools, 

 were in operation during the school year of 1918-1919. Figure 1 

 shows the location of these schools, that twenty-three are rural 

 community vocational schools, and that the remaining ten are agri- 

 cultural departments in high schools. The communities not in- 

 cluded in Part I of the study are at Waynesburg, Blain and Xc\v- 

 town Square. Data were not secured here because of illness of 

 the agricultural teachers. 



Facts presented in the second part of the study were obtained 

 from : 



a. The thirty-three supervisors of agriculture. These 

 supervisors are the teachers of agriculture, being so 



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