UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
m BULLETIN No. 521 |W| 
Contribution from the States Relations Service '^Jf^/vJ^' 
A. C. TRUE, Director ^WTVW^ 
Washington, D. C. PROFESSIONAL PAPER March 30, 1917 
COURSES IN SECONDARY AGRICULTURE FOR 
SOUTHERN SCHOOLS. 1 
( FIRST AND SECOND YEARS ) 
By H. P. Bakrows, Specialist in Agricultural Education, States Relations 
Service. 
CONTENTS. 
Introduction 1 
Adaptation to local conditions 1 
Use of texts and references 2 
Use of illustrative material 3 
Distribution of time and credit 3 
The home project 3 
Outline for soils and crops— first year 4 
Suggestions for home projects— first year 35 
Page. 
Laboratory equipment for soils and crops 35 
Texts and references for soils and crops 36 
Outline for animal husbandry — second year.. 37 
Suggestions for home projects in animal hus- 
bandry 51 
Equipment for animal husbandry 51 
Texts and references for animal husbandry . . 52 
INTRODUCTION. 
The following outlines are the result of a demand for a more uni- 
form standard in agricultural instruction in secondary schools of the 
South. They are to cover work in agriculture for the first two years 
of a 4-year course. It is assumed that the students have had work 
in nature study and a general course in elementary agriculture in 
the graded or rural school. 
ADAPTATION TO LOCAL CONDITIONS. 
It is not expected that all the lessons will be given in their present 
order of sequence. It is left with the local teacher or supervisor to 
work out a seasonal sequence or such order of presentation as will fit 
local needs. Neither is it expected that topics Avill be given equal im- 
portance in all districts. In adapting these courses to meet local 
needs it may be necessary to expand one subject or topic at the expense 
1 Prepared under the direction of C. H, Lane, Chief, Specialist in Agricultural Education. 
73398° — Bull. 521—17- 1 
