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factor in the practical training of the boy. There could be little 

 effective work in the field of part-time training for the farm 

 without a reasonable spirit of co-operation on the part of the 

 parent. 



There are at least three ways in which the parent could aid 

 in making the directed farm experience of the boy more educa- 

 tive: (1) in the use of the home plant; (2) in the use of the 

 home time of the pupil; (3) in giving the boy's projects 

 economic importance. 



(1) In the Use of the Home Plant. One of the most es- 

 sential features of the co-operative part-time plan between home 

 and school is that the parent should be willing to devote from 

 time to time, in accordance with the plans of the supervisor or 

 teacher in charge of the work, a reasonable portion of his build- 

 ings, orchards, garden, pasture, forest and other fields, and of 

 his implements and machines, animals and materials, to the 

 directed training of the boy. 



(2) In the use of the home time of the pupil the fullest value 

 of the agricultural course will come from the fullest possible 

 participation of the boy in the ordinary routine of farm work 

 as usually carried out by the parent; but the greatest benefit 

 of the school cannot be had without the use of a part of the 

 boy's time, during the hours spent at home, for strictly school 

 purposes. The following are a few of many illustrations of 

 what might be the directed use of a part of the home time of the 

 pupils in the pursuit of projects suggested and directed by the 

 school : 



A. The boy might help with the milking throughout his course, where 



the object was to get the cows milked as quickly as possible, 

 and where no records were kept. During certain months of at 

 least one year, the school should require whatever time might 

 be necessary for keeping an accurate record in pounds and 

 ounces of the yield of a part of the herd. This might be limited 

 to the weighing of milk from a single cow, and giving the cow 

 credit for what she produced. 



B. It might be part of the boy's business to assist in feeding the cows. 



During part of his course, sufficient time should be given for 

 weighing the ration and charging at least one cow with what it 

 cost to keep her. 



