UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

 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. BARROWS, Specialist in Agricultural Education 



CONTENTS 



Introduction 1 



Adaptation to Local Conditions .... 1 



Use of Texts and References 2 



Use of Illustrative Material ..... 3 



Distribution of Time and Credit .... 3 



The Home Project 3 



Outline for Soils and Crops — First Year . 4 

 Suggestions for Home Projects— First 



Year 35 



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 



Husbandry 51 



Equipment for Animal Husbandry ... 51 

 Texts and References for Animal Hus- 

 bandry . . . . 52 



WASHINGTON 

 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 



1917 



