UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



ji\J9^'^Cru 



t BULLETIN No. 521 



Contribution from the States Relations Service 

 A. C. TRUE,' Director 



Washington, D. C. 



PROFESSIONAL PAPER 



March 30, 1917 



COURSES IN SECONDARY AGRICULTURE FOR 

 SOUTHERN SCHOOLS/ 



( FIRST AND SECOND YEARS ) 



By H. P. Baebows, Specialist in Agricultural Education, States Relations 



Service. 





CONTENTS- 



Introduction 



Adaptation to local conditions 



Use of texts and references 



Use of illustrative material 



Distribution of time and credit 



The home project 



Outline for soils and crops — first year 



Suggestions for home projects— first year. 



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 35 



Page, 



Laboratory equipment for soils and crops 35 



Texts and references for soils and crops 36 



Outline for animal husbandry — second year. . 37 

 Suggestions for home projects in animal has-' 



bandry 51 



Equipment for animal husbandry 51 



Texts and references for animal husbandry . . 52 



INTRODUCTION. 



The following outlines are the result of a demand for a more uni- 

 form standard in agricultural instruction in secondary schools qf the 

 South. They are to cover work in agriculture for the first two years 

 of a 4-year course. It is assumed that the students have had w^ork 

 in nature study and a general course in elementary agriculture in 

 the graded or rural school. 



ADAPTATION TO LOCAL CONDITIONS. 



It is not. expected that all the lessons will be given in their present 

 order of sequence. It is left with the local teacher or supervisor to 

 work out a seasonal sequence or such order of presentation as will fit 

 local needs. Neither is it expected that topics will be given equal im- 

 portance in all districts. In adapting these courses to meet local 

 needs it may be necessary to expand one subject or topic at the expense 



1 Prepared under the direction of C. H. Lane. Chief, Specialist in Agricultural Education. 

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