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for a laboratory. In regard to the salary paid the teacher, the 

 following schedule is pursued: 



If a minimum salary of $1,400 is paid, the board of education 

 will be reimbursed from state and federal funds equal to $1,000 

 from state funds and $200 from federal funds. Each additional 

 increase of $100 in salary up to a maximum of $2,400 is met by 

 a one-third apportionment from the community and two-thirds 

 from federal funds. A salary of $2,400 would thus be distributed 

 as follows: Community, $533; state, $1,000; federal funds 

 through the State Education Department, $866. Courses in home- 

 making may be introduced in the same manner as courses in 

 agriculture, half of the salary of the teacher being paid from 

 state funds. 



The state and federal aid given these high school departments 

 is an expression on the part of the state and federal governments 

 of the right to purchase a kind of education of a given standard. 

 A community may receive the reimbursement provided compliance 

 is made with the requirements set up by the Board of RegentB 

 of the State of New York. 



General Methods 



The work is so organized that ample consideration is given 

 to a study of the principles and the application of the principles 

 through practice. Each pupil studying agriculture must pursue 

 a farm enterprise over a period of at least six months of the 

 year. The enterprise is usually carried on at the home of the 

 pupil and under the immediate supervision of the teacher of 

 agriculture. Those enterprises are designated as " home projects." 



The courses are so arranged as to give the pupils a breadth of 

 knowledge that will enable them to enter on their life work with 

 a broad outlook. There are included four years of English; two 

 years of mathematics; two years of science; one year of civics; 

 one year of history; and four years of agriculture. The agri- 

 cultural course of study is as follows : 



First year: farm shop work; poultry husbandry; home 

 gardening. 



Second year : farm crops : soils and fertilizers. 



