2 BULLETIlSr 385, U. S. DEPART'MENT OF AGEICULTUEE. 



of school of&cials who may desire ' to install such a plan. Several 

 farm-management studies are utihzed which may assist both the 

 teacher and the officials. 



METHODS FOR THE TEACHER'S USE. 



It is here assumed that the school officials have settled upon the 

 ratio between study and field work, and have also tabulated a more 

 or less elastic statement of the time allowance for different projects. 

 In case this is left to the teacher, it will be necessary for him to 

 study the problems considered in the latter part of this pubhcation. 

 The home project has been deffiied by this office as foUows: "The 

 term 'home project' applied to instruction in elementary and sec- 

 ondary agriculture includes each of the foU'owing requisites: (1) 

 There must be a plan for work at home covering a season or a more 

 or less extended period of time; (2) it must be a part of the instruc- 

 tion in agriculture of the school; (3) there must be a problem more 

 or less new to the pupil; (4) the parents and pupU should agree with 

 the teacher upon the plan; (5) some competent person must super- 

 vise the home work; (6) detailed records of time, method, cost, and 

 income must be honestly kept; and (7) a written report based on 

 the record must be submitted to the teacher. This report may be 

 in the form of a booklet." Vacation work will be necessary in many 

 projects. 



Since the project is of a longer duration than the practicmn else- 

 where considered, and since it resembles the more important phases 

 of farm work, the plan of procedure becomes very important; cost, 

 income, and profit are factors which may help to rate the work. 

 Examples of such projects would include the following: 



Growing 1 acre or less of corn. 



Growing one-eighth acre or more of potatoes. 



Growing an acre of peanuts or cotton. 



Raising a flock of poultry. 



Managing a home garden of not less than one-tenth acre. 



Raising one-tenth acre of tomatoes and canning the surplus. 



Keeping dairy records, including milk tests. 



Raising a fitter of pigs. 



Raising baby beef. 



Picking, packing, and marketing fruit. 



Orchard management, pruning, spraying, etc. 

 The teacher's problems are here considered under several cases, 

 each dependent on the status of agriculture as a school study. 



CASE 1. HOME WORK PRESCRIBED. 



There should be an assigned value for each subject in the course, 

 and in the case of agriculture a definite part of this value should 



