﻿AGRICULTURAL TRAINING FOR EMPLOYED TEACHERS. 



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READING COURSES. 



Several of the State agricultural colleges, while not conducting 

 regular correspondence work in agriculture, offer assistance by means 

 of reading courses to persons wishing to engage in home study. 

 These reading courses are based either upon standard textbooks sug- 

 gested to the student or upon bulletins issued by the college, in some 

 cases particularly for this purpose. In general, the courses are not 

 intended for teachers but rather for farmers and farmers' wives, 

 although teachers are encouraged to enroll and may derive much 

 benefit from the courses pursued. No credit, so far as can be learned, 

 either toward college degree or certification is allowed for the' com- 

 pletion of such courses in any instance. 



List of institutions offering reading courses in agriculture. 



State. 



Institution. 



Location. 



Nature of course. » 



Fees. 



Arizona 



University of Ari- 

 zona. 

 Agricultural College. 



New Hampshire Col- 

 lege. 



Cornell University, 

 Stale College of 

 Agriculture. 



State University, 

 College of Agricul- 

 ture. 



Tucson 



East Lansing . 



Durham 



Ithaca 



Columbus 



"Timely Hints for Farm- 

 ers. ' ' Bulletins. 



Based on standard texts. 

 Written reports re- 

 quired. 



Based on standard texts. 

 Organized for farmers, 

 but open to teachers. 



Special series of bulletins 

 published by college. 

 Questions "answered 

 where desired. Two 

 courses — The Farm 

 and The Farm Home. 



Farmers' reading course 

 based on special series 

 of bulletins. 



None. 



New Hampshire 



nonresidents. 



None. 



Ohio 









A SUGGESTED READING COURSE IN AGRICULTURE BASED ON 

 FARMERS' BULLETINS. 



The output of agricultural literature in recent years has been pro- 

 digious. Numerous farm papers, textbooks, publications of agri- 

 cultural societies and associations, State and Government publica- 

 tions, all offer opportunity for learning about agriculture. As a rule 

 the information contained in farm papers is more or less scrappy and 

 incomplete, hence it can seldom if ever be used as the basis of syste- 

 matic study. Textbooks are excellent when they can be obtained, 

 but their cost is considerable, hence the average teacher is as a rule 

 unable to procure more than one or two, if any, and these are gen- 

 erally very element ary in character and often not well selected. 

 Since mam r of the State and Government publications are technical 

 in character, it is often hard to make a proper selection from this 

 source. In the belief that there are many teachers who would be 

 glad to avail themselves of an opportunity to follow out a thorough 

 course in agricultural reading if one were outlined for them and the 

 necessary text material placed within their reach, the following list 

 of the free publications of the United States Department of Agri- 

 culture has been prepared as the basis of such a course. 



