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COMMUNITY WORK. 
Surveys of the community with regard to its use and care of 
machinery, its sanitary conditions and needs, its roads, water supply, 
drainage, and irrigation needs, will be of great benefit to the teacher 
and the class as well as to the community. 
PROJECTS. 
Wherever it is possible to carry on any extensive practice in con- 
nection with the course, either by the class as a whole or by individual 
students, extra credit should be given for the work. Any of the lines 
of work suggested below may be either group projects carried on by 
the class or a number of the students at the school, or upon neighbor- 
ing farms or individual projects conducted upon the home farm: 
Construction of farm buildings. 
Construction of walks, feeding floors, etc., of concrete. 
Installation of heating, lighting, plumbing, and sewer systems. 
Clearing and leveling land. 
Laying out irrigation and drainage system. 
Terracing. 
Road making. 
Installing engine and connecting with farm machinery. 
TEXTS AND REFERENCES FOR RURAL ENGINEERING. 1 
Benton, M. G. Shop Projects Based on Community Problems. Muncie, Ind.: 
Vocational Supply Co., 1915. 
Blackburn, S. A. Problems in Farm Woodwork. Peoria, 111.: The Manual Arts 
Press, 1915. 
Bryce, J. M., and Mayne, D. D. Farm Shopwork. New York: The American 
Book Co., 1915. 
Campbell, H. C. Concrete on the Farm and in the Shop. New York: The 
Norman W. Henley Co., 1916. 
Clarkson, R. P. Practical Talks on Farm Engineering. New York: Doubleday, 
Page & Co., 1915. 
Davidson, J. B. Agricultural Engineering. St. Paul, Minn.: Webb Publishing 
Co., 1913. 
Davidson, J. B., and Chase, L. W. Farm Machinery and Farm Motors. New 
York: Orange Judd Co., 1908. 
Exblaw, K. J. T. Farm Structures. New York: The Macmillan Co., 1914. 
French, T. E., and Ives, F. W. Agricultural Drawing and the Design of Farm 
Structures. New York: The McGraw Hill Book Co., 1915. 
Fuller, M. L. Domestic Water Supply for the Farm. New York: John Wiley 
& Sons Co., 1912. 
Koester, Frank. Electricity for the Farm and Home. New York: Sturgis & 
Walton Co., 1913. 
Roehl, L. M. Agricultural Woodworking. Milwaukee, Wis.: The Bruce Publish- 
ing Co., 1916. 
Verrill, A. H. Knots, Splices, and Rope Work. New York: The Norman W. 
Henley Co., 1916. 
1 These books are recommended by the Commission -on Accredited Schools of the Southern States. 
