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pupils of both sexes. Wisconsin is trying the 

 experiment of two county schools of agriculture. 

 Occasionally the public high school will be 

 found offering a course in agriculture. Several 

 states are experimenting in one or more of these 

 lines, and during the next few years we shall see 

 a large development of this phase of agricultural 

 education. 



One of the most interesting movements in 

 agricultural education has been an attempt to 

 introduce nature-study and even the elements of 

 agriculture into the country schools. Cornell 

 University has taken the lead in advocating 

 "nature-study" purely, for the schools; and 

 the University of Missouri has perhaps been the 

 leader in advocating that the work be made 

 even more definite and practical, and that the 

 country pupils shall be taught, during their 

 early years even, "the elements of agriculture." 

 Both plans are being worked out with a fan- 

 degree of success, and many other states are 

 carrying out the work in some form or other. 

 Of course the idea is not a new one, but its pres- 

 ent practical application is a timely one, and it 

 will not be long before this branch of agricultural 

 education will become a prominent factor in 

 rural betterment. 



