AGRICULTURE FOR SOUTHERN SCHOOLS. 33 
Lesson 9. — Capital. 
1. Relation to type of farming. 
2. Farming with small capital. 
Lesson 10. — Rural Credits. 
1. The farmer and the banker. 
2. Necessity of good credit. 
3. Farm credit systems. 
4. The amortization plan. 
Exercise 2. — A Suggested Debate. 
Another debate may be introduced at this time to arouse inter- 
est in the Federal farm loan act and its application to local condi- 
tions. Such a question as " Resolved : That this community (the 
school district) should organize a local farm-loan association/' may 
fit certain conditions and furnish an excellent means of getting the 
students to make a survey of local conditions as well as to get a bet- 
ter idea of what the Federal Government has done for the farmer. 
Reference material, in addition to that given, may be secured 
from the Federal Farm Loan Board, Washington, D. C. 
Special references. — The following Farmers' Bulletins: 593, How to Use Farm 
Credit; 654, How Farmers May Improve Their Personal Credit; 792, How the Federal 
Farm Loan Act Benefits the Farmer. 
Lesson li. — Land Tenure. 
1. Ownership v. rental. 
2. Methods of rental. 
3. The problem of tenant farming. 
Special references. — The following Farmers' Bulletins: 280, A Profitable Tenant 
Dairy Farm; 437, A System of Tenant Farming and Its Results. The following 
Department Bulletins: 337, A Study of the Tenant Systems of Farming in the Yazoo 
and Mississippi Delta; 411, Systems of Renting Truck Farms in Southwestern New 
Jersey. Causes Affecting Farm Values, Yearbook 1905. 
Lesson 12. — Acquiring Land. 
1. American v. European systems. 
2. Opportunities for young men. 
3. Methods of acquiring land. 
Lesson 13. — Systems of Operation. 
1. Syndicate farming v. private ownership. 
2. Maintaining fertility v. spoliation. 
Lesson 14. — Types of Farming. 
1. Factors which determine type. 
2. A comparison of types. 
Special reference. — Types of Farming, Yearbook 1908. 
Lesson 15. — General v. Special Farms. 
1. Advantages and disadvantages of general farming. 
2. Advantages and disadvantages of special farming. 
3. Factors which determine a choice. 
4. Present need for diversification in the South. 
Special reference. — Diversified Farming Under Plantation System, Farmers' Bulle- 
tin 299. 
