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the school, a boy over fourteen years of age might be required 

 or permitted to cultivate the kitchen garden for supplying the 

 family with vegetables or small fruit. 



2. Keeping a Pen of Poultry. Under the direction of the 

 school, he might be required or permitted to keep a pen of, let 

 us say, twenty-five birds, for the purpose of producing a net 

 profit on the enterprise. 



3. Caring for a Selected Part of the Orchard. Under the 

 direction of the school, he might be required or permitted to 

 care for a part of the home orchard, say five apple trees, so as 

 to improve the quality of the fruit and thus gain a larger net 

 return. 



4. Raising a Specified Crop of Potatoes. Under the di- 

 rection of the school, he might be required or permitted to raise 

 on the home farm an acre, or a tenth of an acre, of potatoes, 

 according to his age and strength, so as to secure the best pos- 

 sible crop and the largest possible financial return. 



5. Caring for One Cow. Under the direction of the school, 

 he might be required or permitted to care for one cow in the 

 home herd, with a view to securing from her the highest pro- 

 duction of which she was capable, and to determining whether 

 she were yielding an adequate profit. 



Major and Minor Projects. While the above does not con- 

 stitute by any means a complete list of possible major proj- 

 ects, it is intended to be suggestive of the many and diversified 

 kinds of projects that might be feasible for use in the part-time 

 work under consideration. A major project may include a great 

 many minor projects. 



Minor Projects are related to Major Projects as Parts to the 

 Whole. Minor projects include all the diversified activities 

 which the boy must perform in order to bring the major project 

 which he had undertaken to a successful conclusion. 



Details of a Project Suitable for First or Second Year In- 

 struction. Later in this discussion (pages 56-60) details are 

 given of a project suitable for use with third or fourth year 

 students. The subject in that case is a staple product likely 

 to be grown on every farm, or at least in every farm garden. 



