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The field and chore skills section of the boy's training as a 



future farmer is so important as to require special emphasis. The 



tendency is to assume that he has and is 



Field and chore obtaining such training on the home farm 

 skills have never and since no one knows how to go about 

 been listed and planning and organizing courses to teach 

 studied. these skills the work is ignored. Tech- 



nical information and field and chore skills 



are the two most effective tools of the good farm manager. So 

 far as the writer knows no one has ever attempted to study or 

 list farm skills. An inventory of these would be a good introduc- 

 tion to such a study. Carefully prepared descriptions of the best 

 practice could follow. 37 Since the boy is constantly engaged in 

 skill use and practice at home, it may be that the teacher or the 

 school can function most directly from the description and criti- 

 cism standpoints. The farm boy probably comes to his agricul- 

 tural training with more field and chore skills well developed 

 than with any other phase of his training start. Special abilities 

 should be recognized ; deficiencies should be checked up. 



A further field for graduate student investigational work 

 lies in the business aspects of the boy's training. The farm man- 

 agement people have done most excellent 



Success in modern service in devising record, accounting and 

 agricultural pro- cost finding schemes. Possible unit 

 duction is demand- courses should be worked out from such 

 ing more and more data. In connection with this, principles 

 business ability. of buying and selling should be drawn on 



as developed in the merchandizing courses 

 and purchasing agent work. 



37. Here again is an excellent opportunity for graduate 

 study and the possibilities of a scientific measuring scale of skill 

 ability are very great. 



