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be able to demonstrate the use of, the kinds of farm machinery 

 which can be economically used on a Massachusetts farm. 



His Personality. Since he must teach, such an instructor 

 or supervisor must be effective in discipline; that is to say, 

 in the handling of boys and girls. He must be prepared to meet 

 people in his community pleasantly, and establish agreeable 

 working relations with them. He must be prepared to maintain 

 harmonious relations between his department and the other 

 departments of the school, and be amenable to the authority of 

 the officers responsible for the school which he serves. 



The duties of such a teacher of agriculture, attached to 

 either a separate agricultural school or an agricultural depart- 

 ment in a regular high school, should in general be those which 

 were indicated in the foregoing discussion of the activities in 

 the field of part-time work in agriculture which he is to direct. 

 His school year might provide, at the discretion of the school 

 authorities, for service during the spring, summer and fall 

 months, giving him a vacation during the winter months ; rather 

 than for service during the fall, winter and spring, with summer 

 months for vacation purposes. Such a program would insure 

 his services throughout the growing and harvesting seasons. 



His absence during winter months would not seriously disturb 

 the curriculum of the school; on the contrary, it would make 

 room for the teaching of related subjects, including manual 

 training projects related to the farm, by other members of the 

 staff to the lower classes, and might enable the higher classes 

 to take winter short courses at the Agricultural College. Such 

 a program would enable him to attend winter courses, and thus 

 keep in touch with progress in agricultural science, and become 

 better acquainted with men engaged in research and experi- 

 mental work. 



The appointment and tenure of such a supervisor should be 

 under the control of the local authorities, but subject to the 

 approval of the State Board. Where the supervisor is to serve a 

 separate agricultural school, as at present constituted and admin- 

 istered under the Massachusetts statutes, or an agricultural de- 

 partment in a regular high school, since his salary in either 

 case is to be paid in part by the local community and in part by 

 the State, it would probably be advisable that he should be nom- 



