The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-01-09


good elementary school OF oer coun
try. All agree that agriculture is
eminontiy a teachahe subject and W.
is an essential utility, because It Is
the only means Of furnishing adequate
conceptions Of the one fundamental
occupation OF mankind upon which all
other occupations depend In all
states where the work has been intro.
duced the results have been highly
satisfactory and extremely gratifying
Und there is no reason now why sucn
shoulrf nof be equally true In Olklaho-
ma. fpsl So gss eD
The new constitution Of Oklahoma
specifically states in Section Z OF Ar
ticle XIII that The Legislature shall
provide for the teaching of the Ele
ments Of Agriculture, Horticulture.
stock Feeding and domestic science in
the common schools of the state :"
This means that all the teachers Of
Oklahoma in the future will have to
be examined ia these subjects in ad-
dition to the ordinary school branches
before certificates to teach can be is.
sned 10 them.
This provision coupled with the
ri~WAhr Nt'hAtAhh lWl ANhNiNNilOn III
these branches make il imperative
that the Normal Schools and other
State Educational Institutions offer
training courses for teachers IN this
line OF work These courses should
not be purely theoretical but should
be made practical IN every way nos
sible The work should be amply n
lustrated with suitable experiments in
a laboratory fully equipped with all
necessary apparatus and Appliances
This should be supplemented by suit
able field work in a school garden or
farm adjoining these educational in
stitutions
However, teachers in the public
schools will find it possible to do much
of the work in fairly satisfactory
way without much of this special
training IL suitable reference books
are secured and closely studied
Much valuable information may tc
had by writing for the Farmers Bulle-
tins which may be procured free of
charge from the Secretary of Agricul
ture az Washington, d. c. or from the
directors OF the various Experimental
stations in the different states. In
Oklahoma we may write to the "Direc-
tor of the Oklahoma Experiment sta.
tlon at saltwater" Read also ID. J..
Crosby's excellent article on AgricYl-
ture in Rural Schools published in the
year Book Of the Department Of Agri-
cultur for 1865. a copy of this worl,
will be found In the libraries of any
OF the State Institutions. A little lat
er this department expects to publish
a special pamphlet entitled Outlines
Of Agriculture for Public Schools" for
the benefit of teachers who wish few
suggestions in teaching this subject
Prof. B. Youngblood, formerly Super-
lntendent of City Schools i'm Pauls
Valley has recently been appointed by
the Bureau Of Plant Industry of the
Department of Agriculture as special
/ agent for Oklahoma and Texas and we
would recommend that our teachers
confer with him in regard to some
phases of the work. He may be ad-
dressed at Pauls Valley, Oklahoma
we would recommend that no text
books be used in this subject by the
pupils in the public schools below the
sixth grade In the lower grades the
instruction should be entirely oral. In
the higher grades the teacher win ind
many excellent texts adapted to the
needs OF the work
Some of those that may be consulte 1
with profit are as follows:
Agriculture for Beginners Burket.
Stevens and Hill-Giun and Co. Chi
cago
FIRST Principles of Agriculture
| Con and Mayne-American Book 90
| Chicago
PRINCIPLES of Agricntre-Vo Voorhees,
Silver. Burdette and Co. Chicago.
! The Soil-king Mcmillan and Co
Ne wYork City.
Elements of Agricullal e-McBryde
johnson Pub. Co Ri1hmond. va
Agriculture Tor Common Schools
Cultiyator Pub co. Atlanta
Ga.
New Elementary Agriculture-Res
sy and swezy-Uniy Pub. Co. Lincoln
Neh.
Live Stock Judging CRAIG. A
Craig, College Station, Texas
Elementary Agriculture Hatch and
Haselwood-R K. Row and Co. Chi
cage
How TO Make School Gardens
Hemenway Doubleday, Page and Co
| New York
! Window Flower Heinrich
Orange Judd Co. New York City
Ornamental GARDENING Waugh
Orange Judd Co. New York City.
Voorhees, McMillen ant
Co., Ne wYork City.
StereEs Agriculture re--S Volumes
Charles Scribners' Sons Pub. Go
New York Citv
Advanced Agrioulture-Jac jackson All,
Daugherty-Orange Judd Co. New
York City.