

in the two cases. Consequently the practice of making small- 

 1 models of things in order to save material and time is less 

 desirable than making the same objects full size. 



Educational Considerations Condition the Kind of Work to Be 

 Given. The kind of work, while conforming to the fundamental re- 

 requirements of the vocation, may well be selected so as to cor- 

 relate closely with the technical agriculture pursued at the time. 

 That is. the psychological time in which to consider the repair or 

 construction of a potato bin is when Held crops are studied, and the 

 time to pay attention to hog houses is when animal husbandry is 

 taken up. There are other considerations which make it difficult to 

 follow this practice at all times. In general it may be said that the 

 work selected should grow out of, or at least fit in with the techni- 

 cal agriculture being pursued at the time. 



Another educational factor influencing the kind of work under- 

 taken at any given time is the learning difficulty involved. More 

 knowledge is required than is at present available before an ac- 

 curate classification on the basis of "learning difficulty" involved 

 can be made of repair and construction work done by farmers. It 

 is feasible, however, at the present time to group such work rough- 

 ly in this way, and it is highly desirable to do it. Instead of having 

 a rixed number of things for pupils to do it would seem to be bet- 

 ter to have outlined a number of groups of objects, arranged rough- 

 ly according to learning difficulties involved, and let the pupils 

 choose what they wish to make from a number of things suggested. 



It is not desirable to have a sequence of an absolute type. If 

 the teacher has to begin with a bare room the first things required 

 are saw horses and work benches. By careful planning and de- 

 tailed explanations these can properly be made by boys fourteen 



- of age. 



Standards of Workmanship. Since the purpose of farm shop 

 work is not to make carpenters, cabinet makers or blacksmiths, but 



'ntribute a tangible part to the vocation of farming, the stan- 

 dards of workmanship ought to be those obtaining for the specific 

 work in mind in good farm practice. On the whole, the work will 

 not need to be as fine in quality as is much of the work done by 

 carpenters and other mechanics. It is essential, however, to do the 

 work as well as it needs to be done for the purpose it is to serve. 

 It has been said that a farmer in farm shop work needs to be a 



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