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EDUCATION IN FORESTRY. 



which department he specializes in. In many States special vocational schools 

 in agriculture have been established, and the students are required to pursue 

 agricultural subjects during at least a portion of the course. In many States 

 the curriculum of the vocational department in agriculture Ks outlined in the 

 State plan in a general way. For the State of Pennsylvania the following 

 course of study is required, although some latitude is allowed in adapting the 

 instruction to local needs. 



Curriculum of the vocational department in agriculture in Pennsylvania. 



FIRST YEAR. 



Academic subjects one-half day. 



Vocational and related subjects one-half 

 day. 



Periods 



per week. 



General science 



Poultry 



Mechanical drawing 

 Vegetable gardening 



Farm shop work 



Agricultural project 



Periods 

 per week. 



English 5 



Civics 3 



Etymology or foreign language 5 



Health inspection 2 



15 



15 

 SECOND YEAR. 



Farm crops 



Ornamental gardening 



Farm forestry 



Farm bookkeeping 



Farm shop work 



Agricultural project 



15 



English 5 



Modern European history 3 



Economic geography or foreign lan- 

 guage 5 



Health instruction-. 2 



15 



THIRD YEAR. 



Dairying 



Animal husbandry 



Fruit raising 



Forging and farm shop work. 

 Agricultural project 



Chemistry or physics. 



English 



History, American 



Health instruction 



15 



FOURTH YEAR. 



Farm mechanics 



Farm management 



Rural law 



Rural sociology 



Agricultural project 



15 



Chemistry or physics 



English 



American economics history. 

 Health instruction.. 



5 

 5 

 3 

 2 



15 



15 



The content of the course in woodland forestry, as a part of the four-year 

 training period in vocational agriculture for high schools, is determined largely 

 by the farm, community, and regional needs. Not alone the requirements of 

 the present and immediate future must be given consideration, but also the 

 probable developments of the more distant future. Wood differs from other 

 crops chiefly in that a considerable period of time is required for the products 

 to reach usable form. In the South, approximately 60 per cent of the total 

 area is in woods, nearly every farm including a larger or smaller woodland. 

 In the undeveloped sections it is not uncommon to find from 50 to 80 per cent of 

 the individual farms in second-growth forest. Eventually an increasingly large 

 part of the wooded areas will be required for the production of food crops to 



