Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1916-11-10
.GRIGULIUHE flA
MARYLAND SCHOOLS
Specially Prepared Text Eook
For County Schools
Adopted
Home and School Interests
Brought in Close Touch
Lessons Relate To Activities In Cur,
rent Farm Life--Value To Pupils
Depends On 1---tical
AreN stior

Coll-e Park o.. seTt s.- Many
Mar yiaEi Counties are inelming thu
teaching Of agriculture into taeir rural
schools this fall. tn b-a been made
possible through the Introduction Of
4 specially prepared text book Issued
at cost under the joint authority Of
the U. S. Department OF Agriculture
and The Maryland State College Of
Agriculture. This te-.t book is so pre-
pared as to incroa e the emcien-y
q instruction In other subjects rather
than being the means OF adding to the
teachers burdens. The purpose Of this
text book, which is entitled. 'Elemen-
tary Vocational Agriculture For Nary
land Schools" is well presented In the
preface. which reads. "These lessons
are outlined after a monthly sequence
plan and are INTENDED TO be adRp.cd-t0
the seasonal, agrlf tur i and school
conditions Of Maryland It is hoped
that by presenting i.r3 in the sub
iect OF agriculture at the ti-ae the prin-
ciples in these lescas are peacticed
or should be practoeI On the farms
of the community, 80 things may be
accomplished; namsiy, the classroom
work may be greatly yiialized by hay-
ing timely material at hand for prac.
tical work and the things that are best
to do on the community farms are
taught at the time they should be
done.
'The lessons are deyeioned quite
fully. but in addition to this, refer
ences are made to the text books most
commonly used in the State as class
assignments and to the ava, 'e>pub
lications Of the United States Deqart-
ment of Agriculture ard the Maryland
State College OF Agriculture is teach
ers' reading. By carefully studying
the reference literature TIE teachers
are able to supplement the lessons
outlined to the advantage Of the pupils
After r.aking a careful study Of
school conditions n the State. it Is
recognl-,a IL. onlv a limited number
ef lessons in agriculture can be taught
by the greatly burdened teachers,
hence these outlines contain ordinarily
two. and never more than three les
sons a week II is considered advis-
able to combine the sixth and seventh
grades in agriculture and some other
subject, as physiology. and alternate
the lessons in these subjects That Is,
when two Lessons in agriculture ere
provided for a week assign three leg-
sons in physiology. and when three
lessons in agriculture are provided. as
sign two lessons In physiolgg In this
way, the work may be carried on and
still not overburden the teachers
schedule.
"The practical exercises suggested,
take the direction verv largely u club
activities or home nroicc' Y Is urged
that the teachers e-7rhas'ze th's rhaHa
Of the work and in r'osing no class
records, give 1t eqrs' wrlrht with the
recitation grade. Teac'lrg agricul-
ture and correlating it v'iA e'Aer suh-
jects cannot be made effective un'sss
the pupil demonstrates the princ''les
taught in some kind of~ farm protect
and utilities the project expericnces in
vitalizing the other subjects IN the
school course"