. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE m BULLETIN No. 592 'at ^K is^ Contribution from the States Relations Service jrJ^^Ul. A. C. TRUE, Director <&&4T^fu. Washington, D. C. PROFESSIONAL PAPER November 5,1917 COURSES IN SECONDARY AGRICULTURE FOR SOUTHERN (THIRD AND FOURTH YEARS.) By H. P. Barrows, Specialist in Agricultural Education. 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
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE m BULLETIN No. 592 'at ^K is^ Contribution from the States Relations Service jrJ^^Ul. A. C. TRUE, Director <&&4T^fu. Washington, D. C. PROFESSIONAL PAPER November 5,1917 COURSES IN SECONDARY AGRICULTURE FOR SOUTHERN (THIRD AND FOURTH YEARS.) By H. P. Barrows, Specialist in Agricultural Education. 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 22 Suggestions for practical work in rural engi- neering 30 Texts and references for rural 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 G. H. Lane, Chief Specialist in Agricultural Education. 2 See U. S. Dept. Agr. Bui.
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