CONTENTS. 



Submission of the Report to the Legislature, * . . . . 5 



I. Preliminary Statements, Summary of the Report and Recommen- 

 dations, .......... 7 



II. Does Massachusetts Farming warrant the Establishment of a 



System of Agricultural Schools? ...... 12 



III. The System of Agricultural Schools recommended for Massachu- 



setts, 21 



IV. Co-operation between School and Home Farm Necessary to an 



Effective System of Agricultural Schools for Massachusetts, . 35 

 V. The Part-time and Project Method Necessary to an Effective 



System of Agricultural Schools for Massachusetts, . . 41 



VI. The Problem of securing Competent Instructors for a System * 



of Agricultural Schools in Massachusetts, .... 62 

 VII. Agricultural Departments in Public High Schools the Principal 



Present Need in Massachusetts Agricultural Education, . . 66 

 VIII. Possible Locations for Agricultural Schools or Departments, . 74 



IX. Recommendation with regard to Agricultural Education for 



Worcester, 86 



X. Agriculture as a Phase of Liberal Education in the High Schools 



of Massachusetts, ........ 87 



XI. Agriculture as a Phase of Liberal Education in the Elementary 



Schools of Massachusetts, ....... 93 



APPENDIX. 



Proposed Codification of the Law relating to Industrial, Agri- 

 cultural and Household Arts Education, 100 



