The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-09-03
WANTACR|CULTURE.
IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS
STATE EDUCATORS FAVOR NEW
COURSE or STUDY - STATE
UNIVERSITY OFFERS HELP.
Glass of Teachers Formed--State Law
Favored to Enforce instruction
Success in McHenry
County.

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Barto of the University OF Illinois
! says in response to letter OF inquiry
from the Superintendent OF the Hi.
nois Farmers Institute: My work is
to train teachers so that agriculture
may be as effectively taught in our
schools as we demand for the teach
ing Of the other subjects. Any lower
standard of preparation for the teach
ing OF agriculture than Is required for
the teaching OF mathematics English
history, botany, zoology, physics and
chemistry Is unfair TO the subject the
school. and the great body Of people
who are interested in and believe in
agriculture 1t is my plan to make
the connection between the schools
which are teaching agriculture ANA
the agriculture college very close
one | should hope To keep in touch
with all of these schools, to act as far
as | could as advisor in the work, to
help in plannig experiments secur-
ing agricultural literature and provid
ing for lectures think ii might be
possible for the classes in these
schools to get at least a two weeks
each year at the University IN animal
.husbandry, since the public schools
equipment in this line must be re-
stricted, | am assured of the heart
lest cooperation from the University
in all measures Of this sort
Class of ITO Teachers.
Prof. Barto teaches about corn and
cattle, feeds and fences, sail, labor
the plan Of farm. expenses Of living,
etc, practical things concerned in the
real business Of farming, principles
and reasons that command the re.
spect of an intelligent, ambitious boy.
His work includes many experiments
for the pupils to make,
He has given instruction in several
county teachers institutes this sum
mer. At the MceLan county institute
he gave ten talks and 10 teachers
We're enrolled In his class. Prof. Bar
10 will carry on correspondents
with teachers of that county, answer
their questions aud suggest definite
things for their classes in agriculture
and he is to meet the teachers two
or three Saturdays Of the coming year
TO further discuss this new study
County Superintendent Moore and a
large number of his teachers are en-
thusiastic TO do this work in the best
way.
Superintendent Hall Favors a Law.
Prof Frank H. Hall for many years
prominent teacher of Illinois ald
for several years past the superin
tendent of the Illinois Farms Inst:
tute, has the following to say about
the introduction of agriculture into
the public schools:
Il would like to see a law requir
ing the teachers to be examined in
agriculture. II is not SO much that
ii would insure their fitness as that 1t |
would put them to work to prepare !
themselves. | would hesitate about |
making for a law requiring agricul- |
ture to be taught in every school. be |
cause it would force some teachers |
to undertake it who are not prepared |
for 1t. But would have no objection |
TO a law requiring it to be taught |
within a certain period, say five years
Nebraska, Missouri Min.
nestota and other states have a la@
requiring teachers to be examined in
agriculture. and we are not in the
front rank.
"A law requiring teachers to hold a
certificate in agriculture would ac