Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1932-01-01
COURSE OF STUDY OUTLINED
FOR AGRICULTURAL TEACHERS
BY THE STATE SUPERVISOR

phasized the coming year by the 1856
teachers of vocational agriculture in
as many communities in Is counties
for training $4,000 farm boys and
adults taking instruction in agricul-
ture for proficiency in farming, has
been announced by Roy H. Thomas,
State Supervisor of Vocational Agri-
culture, State Department of Public
Instruction.
The state program, compiled from
the district programs worked out by
the teachers last summer is composed
of an agricultural phase and a profess
sional phase. The agricultural phase of
the teachers program is % organized
that it will be in common with other
agricultural agencies of the state. The
first part of the program giving a
general statement of the principles the
teachers will support follows. Teach
ers of vocational agriculture believe:
l.. In the training of farm boys for
the business Of farming and for a hap
pier and more useful life on the farm.
2. In the teaching of farmers in Or
ganized classes how tt improve the
business of farming.
3. That farming is a method of liv-
ing as well as a means of living and
that farmers should know how to uti-
lie the economic returns of farming
to the end of satisfactory standards
of living. -
4. That a course in vocational ag-
riculture should be available to each
boy who expects to remain on the
farm and a short course for every
farmer in the school community who
wants to improve his methods Of farm
ing.
$. In the continuance of the live
at-home program.
s. In cooperation with the Cover
nor's Council on Unemployment and
Relief.
7. In the continuance of the i'm
provement in production practices,
better quality products and decreas-
ed cost per unit in production.
s. That the principles of co-ope-
rative marketing should be taught to
farm boys and farmers in the patron
age area of the school in which the
department of vocational agriculture
is located.
In c~o-oPssaYion with local. state
and national agencies working for the
Improvement of agriculture and rural
life in the state.
10. In employment of soil improve
ment practices.
II. In using and helping develop
marketing facilities in order TO par-
chase and sell farm products in al or
gained way.
II. In organization of the farm
business so hat there will be a bet
ter balance between crop and livestock
enterprises, minimize labor, utilize the
farm and provide economic
security.
The agricultural phase of the pro-
gram in more detail is:
1. Emphasize in all courses the con-
tinuance of improvement in produc-
ton practices. Instruction will be con-
tinued on methods of producing high
er quality products and the readjust-
ment of cash crop acreage to more
acreage for live-at-home products.
The "3 to 1" corn contest, the cotton
Standardization program, the bale per
acre contest, and the use of more GER
titled seeds for planting projects, will
be included as a statewide program
for the year.
2. To give special emphasis to rota-
ton and soil improvement practices
in order to increase fertility and de-
crease fertilizer costs. All students,
whether farmers or farm boys, will be
encouraged to become skilled in addl-
tional cover crop practices.
3. Instruction on the principles of
cooperative marketing will be given
to both farmers and farm boys. The
aim is to stimulate students to &C
quaint themselves with the advantages
and limitations of local marketing ia
%cilities, where available. Local coope-
rative organizations, whether formal
OF informal, will be carefully studied
A.. Adults and boys in the junior and
senior grades will be given instructions
on farm organization. Under present
economic conditions, reorganization OF
the farm for a better balance of crops
and livestock enterprises is very i'm
portant. The aim is to give the STU
dent a knowledge Of farm business as
a whole in order to create in him a
desire to undertake farming from a
managerial point Of view.
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