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The instructor would not undertake to supervise all the de- 

 tails of the farm management on any given farm. Daily super- 

 vision would be impossible, because of the number of farms to 

 which the work of the school must be extended. Excessive 

 attention to minute details of farm work on the part of the 

 instructor might create needless friction between himself and 

 the parent, or might interfere materially with the supervision 

 of a proper amount of project work. It is, therefore, not con- 

 templated. 



The school should not, it is believed, undertake to shift re- 

 sponsibility for the economic management of a farm from the 

 shoulders of the parent to the shoulders of the public. 



The instructor would undertake to supervise certain selected 

 major projects and their related minor projects performed by 

 the boy at home. In a given year and season attention might, 

 for instance, be concentrated upon the project of keeping a pen 

 of poultry. Having given the study related to this project, the 

 instructor would supervise the application of that study. The 

 following examples illustrate what the character of such super- 

 vision might be : 



A. In the building of the poultry house, the actual work of putting 



up the structure might, or might not, be supervised by the 

 instructor. All other elements or phases of the enterprise, 

 as indicated by the outline, should be worked out by the 

 student under the direction of the school. 



B. The course in farm shop work of the school might well undertake 



to deal with the problem of the actual construction of the 

 poultry house. 



C. It would be the duty of the instructor or supervisor to canvass 



thoroughly with the student the relative merits of different 

 types and methods of poultry keeping, from the points of view 

 before indicated. His supervision might go the extent of 

 passing judgment on any proposed purchase of breeding stock, 

 chicks or eggs. 



Z>. The supervisor would not personally direct the daily routine work 

 of feeding and watering poultry. His duties would consist of 

 directing the thorough study of possible feeds and mixtures, 

 their comparative cost and availability, and their suitability to 

 the age, condition and purpose of the student's particular birds. 

 For such supervision personal knowledge by the instructor of 

 the exact home conditions would be necessary. 



