Education and Agriculture 



adhering to the hard and fast principle of *' keep 

 down the education rate " ? 



In America {p per child is the average annual 

 cost of education ; I do not say that it will ever 

 be necessary for us to pay as much as that sum, 

 but we shall have to face a decidedly higher rate 

 per child than at present exists, before we can 

 get our education into a satisfactory condition. 



It is fair to County Councillors to admit that 

 in many districts, even if the County Council 

 were ready to spend more upon education, the 

 rates have already reached their limit, and 

 further revenue from this source is well nigh 

 impossible, but this does not constitute a valid 

 excuse for inaction. 



It is to be hoped that the Development fund, 

 if properly administered, will do much to secure 

 that rural development which County Councils 

 quite naturally would be loth to undertake if 

 the expense thereof had to be borne entirely by 

 the rates. 



Even as things are, I believe it is possible to 

 make considerable alterations in the type of in- 

 struction given, alterations which would cost 

 little to effect and would yield most important 

 results. 



I am referring to the place which manual 

 training holds in the curriculum. 



Everyone now agrees that there must be more 

 manual training in the elementary schools. 



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