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The supervision of the practical home work of the boy or girl 

 would naturally follow the settlement of such problems as 

 these : 



A. How could supervision and instruction be closely correlated? 



B. How should the time of the instructor and of the pupil be appor- 



tioned between home and school duties? 



C. What would be the maximum radius, from the school building as 



a center, of effective supervision? 



D. What methods might be employed for securing and holding the 



co-operation of the parent and the community? 



E. By what means might satisfactory standards in the practical work 



of the student be maintained? 



Thus far we have discussed the duties and responsibilities of 

 the special instructor or supervisor of agriculture in the field of 

 direction of the boy's projects on the home farm. 



The instructor might undertake to give help to others than 

 those connected with his school. There are not wanting those 

 who believe that such an agricultural instructor attached to a 

 regular high school might render valuable service to the com- 

 munity in which he was employed, in what might be termed the 

 field of suggestion. Considering the previous training and ex- 

 perience required of this instructor, he should be a man well 

 prepared to be of wide assistance in a farming community as an 

 advisor in emergencies which called for special knowledge and 

 skill. If met by a problem with which he could not cope un- 

 aided, and there might be many such problems, he would 

 know the best men. books and bulletins for consultation in such 

 emergencies. Such problems might arise from attacks upon 

 crops by injurious insects or by fungous diseases. 



The friendly advice which the agricultural instructor might 

 give need not mean a meddlesome attitude on his part. His 

 suggestions would not be given save when requested, or when 

 it was evident that they would be welcome. 



The field of suggestion would naturally begin with farms 

 represented in the school by students. The instructor would of 

 course stand ready to give the parents any advice of which he 

 might be capable, or to get for them, or instruct them how to 

 get, any information which they might need or desire. With the 



