UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
Contribution from the States Relations Service 
A. C. TRUE, Director 
Washington, D. C. PROFESSIONAL PAPER November 5, 1917 
COURSES IN SECONDARY AGRICULTURE FOR 
SOUTHERN SCHOOLS.’ 
(THIRD AND FOURTH YEARS.) 
By H. P. Barrows, Specialist in Agricultural Education. 
CONTENTS. 
Page. Page. 
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Adaptation to local needs.....--.-.-----.---- 1 | Suggestions for practical work in rural engi- 
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Use of reference material... ...2252.-002 222: 4 | Texts and references for rural engineering. - . 31 
Use of illustrative material. ............-.--- 4 | Outline for rural economics and farm manage- 
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Outline for horticulture—third year........-. 5 | Home projects in rural economics and farm 
Suggested projects for horticulture..-...-..-- 20 Managemen bess eco eee eee Sie ere a 39 
Equipment for horticulture................-- 21 | Texts and references for rural economics and 
Texts and references for horticulture...-..--- 21 farm Management.................-------- 40 
INTRODUCTION. 
The following outlines are the result of a demand for a more 
uniform standard in agricultural instruction in secondary schools 
of the South. The courses outlined, with other elective courses 
suggested, are intended for the third and fourth years, after the 
students have completed the work in agronomy and animal hus- 
bandry outlined for the first two years. 
ADAPTATION TO LOCAL NEEDS. 
It is to be expected that these courses will be molded to meet the 
needs of the students of each school and the community in which 
they live. In order to accomplish this purpose it may be necessary 
to change the order of the courses in the curriculum. To meet the 
needs of the majority of schools the following order has been sug- 
gested: First year, soils and crops; second year, animal husbandry; 7? 
1 Prepared under the direction of C. H. Lane, Chief Specialist in Agricultural Education. 
2See U.S. Dept. Agr. Bul. 521 for courses for the first and second years. 
8210°—17—Bull. 592——1 
