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(5) Kingston would be another favorable point. Though 

 Kingston itself might not assure an enrollment sufficient to war- 

 rant the establishment of such a department at the local high 

 school, the transportation facilities are such that a department 

 located at Kingston might serve a considerable territory, includ- 

 ing the towns of Plymouth, Carver, Plympton, Halifax, Silver 

 Lake and Duxbury. 



Kingston no doubt has been suggested owing to the keen local 

 interest in agricultural improvement which has already been 

 aroused. There is a model farm operated by a private owner 

 in the vicinity of the high school, which would afford proper 

 demonstration facilities. 



(6) By field has been suggested as a good center for an agri- 

 cultural department. Dummer Academy is located in this town, 

 and owns a farm fairly typical of the land in this section. It 

 has been suggested that the town authorities, acting with the 

 officers of Dummer Academy, might utilize the academy farm 

 and a portion of the academy buildings for the establishment of 

 such a department. Byfield has electric car service as well as 

 steam, and day students from ^"ewbury, Georgetown, Eowley 

 and Ipswich might there be accommodated. 



(7) Walpole is another location which has been suggested for 

 a department. Three very interesting farms, one a purely 

 investment proposition, one where clean milk is produced under 

 exceptionally good conditions, and another where an undertak- 

 ing is under way for developing a farm which shall grow all 

 its own grain as well as roughage, would afford very unusual 

 illustrative facilities, not too far distant. Walpole has both 

 steam and electric railway service, and a department in the 

 Walpole high school might well serve a considerable surround- 

 ing section. 



(8) Petersham is another center which has been suggested. 

 A central school building, costing $75,000, has been given to 

 the town. In this are accommodated all of the grades of the 

 local schools, including the high school. In order that agri- 

 cultural instruction might be given, a small greenhouse was 

 erected and a small tract of land for out-door work was pro- 

 vided. The school has already taken for its name the " Peters- 

 ham Agricultural High School." 



