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to affect most directly finance-education and management-intel- 

 ligence relationships having somewhat less effect on the finance- 

 management relationship. 



From the above data we may conclude that technical in- 

 formation as defined on page 8 has an important place in good 



farming.. Nevertheless there are latent 



Technical informa- suggestions that the community average 

 t i o n undoubtedly of information is not greatly ex- 

 h a s a n important ceeded by the better farmers of the group, 

 function in good For example consider the correlation : 

 farming. r(fn) :m=.134 and r(fm) :n=.67S, which 



forces us back again to the managerial 



cause as being fundamentally vital. The suggestion may be 

 dropped at this time that the determination of the minimal, func- 

 tioning knowledge may probably contribute to the future of 

 secondary agricultural education much more than is now real- 

 ized. 



The fifth characteristic in the scale as indicated on page 

 22 is field and chore skills. The following lists of correla- 

 tions will help to an understanding of the importance of this 

 quality. 



r(fk)=.677 r(mk)=.700 r(km)=.700 



r(fk) :p=.618 r(mk) :p=.648 r(kf)=.677 



r(fk) :c=.548 r(mk) :c=.556 r(kc)=.654 



r(fk) :cp=.515 r(mk) :n=.480 r(kb)=.654 



r(fk) :i=.430 r(mk) :i=.458 r(ki)=.606 



r(fk) :m=.221 r(mk) :ic=.414 r(kn)=.587 



r(fk) :im=.197 r(kp)=.567 



r(kv)=.514 

 ,r(ke)=.414 



r(fm)=:.848 r(fp)=.354 r(fc)=.472 



r(fm) :k=.714 r(fp) :k= .05 r(fc) :k=.052 



The elimination of management from the financial suc- 

 cess-skill relationship leaves a very low correlation. Intelligence 

 likewise affects the combination materially and the elimination of 

 both management and intelligence still further reduces the value. 



