The rural teacher and his work in community leadership, in school administration, and in mastery of the school subjects . not later than March 15, 1917- 3. Poultry raising. Div. I. — The care and management of five ormore laying hens for a period of at least six months. Enrollment notlater than January i, 1917. Div. II. — The incubation of at least threesettings of hens eggs, and the care and management of the chicks for aperiod of at least eight months. Enrollment not later than March 15,1917. Div. III. — The management, for breeding purposes, of two turkeyhens and one gobbler. Enrollment not
The rural teacher and his work in community leadership, in school administration, and in mastery of the school subjects . not later than March 15, 1917- 3. Poultry raising. Div. I. — The care and management of five ormore laying hens for a period of at least six months. Enrollment notlater than January i, 1917. Div. II. — The incubation of at least threesettings of hens eggs, and the care and management of the chicks for aperiod of at least eight months. Enrollment not later than March 15,1917. Div. III. — The management, for breeding purposes, of two turkeyhens and one gobbler. Enrollment not later than March 15, 1917. — The incubation of at least one setting of turkey eggs, and the careand management of the young turkeys for a period of at least six not later than March 15, 1918. 4. Dairy herd record-keeping. Obtaining the milk, butter fat, and feedrecord of two or more cows for a period of at least eight months. Enroll-ment not later than January I, 1917. School-Home Projects in Cook County, Illinois. — Prob-ably no county in the United States has so satisfactory a. Home Projects in Okicgon In the upper illustration an Oregon schoolboy is putting the finishing toucheson a brooder for his mothers chicks; in the lower a schoolgirl is making her owndress. This new school work is doing much to draw home and school together. ENVIRONMENT THE BACKGROUND OF CURRICULUM 275 system of school-home projects as Cook County, school child in rural districts adjacent to Chicago,over ten years of age, is expected to take a course in school-home projects as a part of his regular school course. Inthis practical obligation lies the secret of success. Thereis nothing faddish in the way the projects are organized;they are indeed a most serious part of school activities. County Superintendent Edward J. Tobin, the originatorof the Cook County System, has been surprisingly successfulin promoting the new kind of education under the veryshad
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