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D. Other minor projects would include the most profitable means and 

 methods of harvesting, storing and marketing the crop. And 

 other study related to these projects would include knowledge 

 of potato implements and machines and their use ; the compara- 

 tive advantages of field pit and cellar for storage; principles 

 and means of ventilation, and the temperature at which potatoes 

 should be kept ; near and more distant markets, and comparative 

 transportation cost; prices and the probable tendency of prices, 

 in view of the press and government reports of the potato crop 

 for the State, New England, the country and the world. 



General Observations on Related Study. The study related 

 to the work of carrying out this potato project embraces, there- 

 fore, important matter from several sciences, including botany, 

 chemistry, physics, entomology, bacteriology and plant pathol- 

 ogy. For the calculations, mathematics would be necessary ; for 

 keeping the accounts, bookkeeping would be required ; for correct 

 correspondence, there should be training in business English; 

 consideration of transportation, markets and world production 

 would involve knowledge of commercial and agricultural geog- 

 raphy. 



The project method of instruction on the side of related study, 

 thus, it will be evident, must insure that the boy, in carrying out 

 his projects, shall pass through a thorough-going educational 

 process. 



Good Citizenship. It is proposed, furthermore, that the 

 division of time, in carrying out the school and home farm 

 co-operative method of training, shall be about as follows: for 

 the execution of the projects, including work during vacations 

 and other out-of -school hours, 50 per cent. ; and for the related 

 study, 30 per cent. The remaining 20 per cent, of the time of 

 the boy is expected to be used for general culture and good citi- 

 zenship instruction, wherein systematic courses may be provided 

 in such subjects as English, history, civics, current events, math- 

 ematics and science. 



Conclusion. It is believed that the vocational education for 

 farming proposed in this report, and embodying the project and 

 part-time work method outlined in the present chapter, will 



