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Title: Agricultural project study; : information and suggestions for school officers and instructors as to courses and methods of agricultural project study approvable for state aid
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: Massachusetts. Board of Education
Subjects: Agriculture
Publisher: Boston : Agricultural education service
Contributing Library: UMass Amherst Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Boston Library Consortium Member Libraries

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ctly bearing upon theirindividual enterprises. 2. Project Study suitable for Vocational Agricultural Schools (1) Range and Progress. — Beginning with the boy of four-teen, who entered a vocational agricultural school in September,1911, we may graphically represent the contemplated progressof his training from year to year by the following diagram. Histraining should make him acquainted with farm life and affairsin general, and especially well informed and competent in theparticular fields covered by his special projects. No boy is re-quired to carry out projects in every field here listed. (2) Studies not on Diagram. — Such subjects as agricul-tural botary, agricultural chemistry, history, civics and Englishwould occupy other portions of the time of the pupils in a regularfour-years course. (3) State Aid equal to one half the cost of maintenance is nowavailable for communities or districts which establish independentagricultural schools with the approval of the Board of Education.
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3. Project Study suitable for Vocational AgriculturalDepartments in Selected High Schools (1) State Aid.—The Massachusetts Legislature of 1911provided State aid, to the amount of two thirds of the specialagricultural instructors salary, for the maintenance of vocationalagricultural departments in selected high schools. The projectmethod of instruction is prescribed for such departments. (2) Necessary Groupings. — In order to enable one agri-cultural instructor to direct the project work and study of eachof his pupils during a full half of the school time through a four-years course, groupings by years and projects like those in thefollowing diagram are necessary. Such groupings must holdduring the fall and spring terms. Certain other studies, likethose above stated as open to separate agricultural school pupils,may be taken during the winter, and during the fall and springterms; but, if taken, must be so timed as not to interfere withthe agricultural project work and study. School

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