AGRICULTURAL TRAINING FOR EMPLOYED TEACHERS. 
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READING COURSES. 
Several of the State agricultural colleges, while not conducting 
regular correspondence work in agriculture, offer assistance by means 
of reading courses to persons wishing to engage in home study. 
These reading courses are based either upon standard textbooks sug- 
gested to the student or upon bulletins issued by the college, in some 
cases particularly for this purpose. In general, the courses are not 
intended for teachers but rather for farmers and farmers' wives, 
although teachers are encouraged to enroll and may derive much 
benefit from the courses pursued. No credit, so far as can be learned, 
either toward college degree or certification is allowed for the com- 
pletion of such courses in any instance. 
List of institutions offering reading courses in agriculture. 
State. 
Institution. 
Location. 
Nature of course. 
Fees. 
University of Ari- 
zona. 
Agricultural College. 
New Hampshire Col- 
lege. 
Cornell University , 
State College of 
Agriculture. 
State University, 
College of Agricul- 
ture. 
Tucson 
East Lansing , 
Durham 
Ithaca 
Columbus 
" Timely Hints for Farm- 
ers. ' ' Bulletins. 
Based on standard texts. 
Written reports re- 
quired. 
Based on standard texts. 
Organized for farmers, 
but open to teachers. 
Special series of bulletins 
published by college. 
Questions answered 
where desired. Two 
courses— The Farm 
and The Farm Home. 
Farmers' reading course 
based on special series 
of bulletins. 
$1 enrollment for 
New Hampshire 
nonresidents. 
None. 
Ohio 
None. 
A SUGGESTED READING COURSE IN AGRICULTURE BASED ON 
FARMERS' BULLETINS. 
The output of agricultural literature in recent years has been pro- 
digious. Numerous farm papers, textbooks, publications of agri- 
cultural societies and associations, State and Government publica- 
tions, all offer opportunity for learning about agriculture. As a rule 
the information contained in farm papers is more or less scrappy and 
incomplete, hence it can seldom if ever be used as the basis of syste- 
matic study. Textbooks are excellent when they can be obtained, 
but their cost is considerable, hence the average teacher is as a rule 
unable to procure more than one or two, if any, and these are gen- 
erally very elementary in character and often not well selected. 
Since many of the State and Government publications are technical 
in character, it is often hard to make a proper selection from this 
source. In the belief that there are many teachers who would be 
glad to avail themselves of an opportunity to follow out a thorough 
course in agricultural reading if one were outlined for them and the 
necessary text material placed within their reach, the following list 
of the free publications of the United States Department of Agri- 
culture has been prepared as the basis of such a course. 
