UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
BULLETIN No. 592 
Contribution from the States Relations Service 
A. C. TRUE, Director 
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Washington, D. C. 
PROFESSIONAL PAPER 
November 5, 1917 
COURSES IN SECONDARY AGRICULTURE 
SOUTHERN SCHOOLS. 1 
(THIRD AND FOURTH YEARS.) 
By H. P. Baeeows, Specialist in Agricultural Education. 
FOR 
CONTENTS. 
Page. 
Introduction 1 
Adaptation to local needs 1 
Elective courses 2 
Use of reference material 4 
Use of illustrative material 4 
Practical work 4 
Outline for horticulture— third year 5 
Suggested projects for horticulture 20 
Equipment for horticulture 21 
Texts and references for horticulture 21 
Outline for rural engineering — fourth year ... 22 
Suggestions for practical work in rural engi- 
neering 30 
Texts and references for rural engineering... 31 
Outline for rural economics and farm manage- 
ment—fourth year 32 
Home projects in rural economics and farm 
management 39 
Texts and references for rural economics and 
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; 2 
1 Prepared under the direction of C. H. Lane, Chief Specialist in Agricultural Education. 
2 See U. S. Dept. Agr. Bui. 521 for courses for the first and second years. 
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