Education and Agfriculture 



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to play its proper part, unless it is definitely 

 decreed that such and such hours be given to 

 manual teaching. 



An interesting experiment is now being made 

 in the Lindsey division of Lincolnshire with a 

 group of 24 schools of varying sizes, situated 

 both in town and country, the chief object of 

 which is to show that far more manual instruc- 

 tion than hitherto can profitably be given in 

 schools of all sizes, whether they be under 

 a master or mistress ; and that this important 

 alteration in the curriculum can be effected 

 without involving the local authority in any 

 great extra outlay. 



In the case of some of the small schools the 

 manual instruction will have to be very simple: 

 cardboard work, the Judd system of woodwork, 

 for instance; still, though simple and elementary, 

 most excellent hand and eye training can be 

 given by their means. 



In the case of the large schools, a higher and 

 more varied type of manual instruction can be 

 provided without difficulty, gardening occupying 

 an important part in all schools that can obtain 

 a piece of land. 



The whole success of such an experiment 

 must rest with the individual teacher, therefore 

 it is necessary to proceed with great caution. 

 The suitable group of schools being chosen, the 

 teachers should then be invited to confer with 



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