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urged that, with an agricultural school at Pittsfield and an 

 agricultural department at Great Barrington, the Berkshire 

 section of the State would be well supplied with means for the 

 agricultural education of boys fourteen or more years of age. 



(2) West Springfield has been suggested as a favorable spot 

 for a strong agricultural department course in market gardening 

 as well as in general agriculture. There would be abundance 

 of illustrative work going on within easy reach, and the trans- 

 portation facilities for day students would be all that could be 

 desired. 



(3) Palmer might be another desirable center. This is a 

 town of about 8,000 inhabitants, and is made up of several vil- 

 lages. It is an important transportation center, being inter- 

 sected by several steam railway lines and served by numerous 

 electric car lines radiating from Palmer village as a center. 

 A large farming area might thus be readily accommodated. 



Across the river from the village is a very large State institu- 

 tion, with extensive farms and varied farming operations. 

 Much help is there employed, and practical work might there 

 be had by boys from village homes who desired to be trained 

 for farm life and work. The superintendent of this institution 

 has expressed great interest in the possible establishment of an 

 agricultural department in the Palmer high school, and might 

 be relied upon to do everything possible for enhancing the value 

 of its practical instruction. 



Palmer has three outlying manufacturing villages, in each of 

 which the mill property includes farming land. The agents of 

 the mills have expressed considerable interest in the possibility 

 of an agricultural department in the Palmer high school. One 

 of them would contribute forestry demonstration work; the 

 others would render any assistance which might be found prac- 

 ticable. 



(4) Sandwich, if the Faunce Demonstration Farm were not 

 developed into a separate agricultural school, would be ad- 

 mirably suited for an agricultural department. The farm would 

 provide excellent means for demonstration and practice work at 

 the school, since the farm is but a few steps from the high school 

 building. 



