Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1915-09-05 | Page 24 | Aid to Rural Teacher

I I AID TO RURAl TEACHER Department nt of Agriculture J Bulletin Sho Shown Show Direct Relation Home Homo I Life U and School Washington D. D C C. Au Aug 15 A A number number number num num- ber of ot suggestions to help tho the rural public school teacher In Jea leading heading his hla or her pupils to see the tho direct relation reaton between homo home life Ufe and their school studies are ara contained in a new nw publication publication cation of or the tho de department of or agriculture This bulletin No o. o entitled Correlating Correlating Corre lating Agriculture with wih tho the Public School Subjects In tho the Northern States contains a n plan of ot work nork ex extending ex- ex tending from through the fall winter and spring spring to the tho end of ot June Under this plan each pupil pupi Is en encouraged encouraged en- en to undertake some soma homo memo project that Is to S say some work at home which will extend through h a whole season will wil be bc bt connected with tho the Instruction in agriculture which the pupil pupi receives at school anti ant a record of the tho results resul of or which will wU nill be faithfully faith ralth- fully fuli kept arid and turned In to the teacher at the tine conclusion of or the project At t school th tine pupils pupil's pupi's exercises In arithmetic spelling English geography geography geog geog- raphy etc atc are So BO directed that the value of ot these subjects In practical life Is made clear For example In the language lessons the pupil ma may be bo asked to write out the method which he used In testing milk mik with a Babcock tester special emphasis being placed upon the need for tor making the meaning meaning- absolutely clear In the tho same way the records obtained from fromn cow testing cow may maybe maybe maybe be used as eX exercises In arithmetic and anti the tine pupil pupi asked t to compute the tIne total yield of ot butter buter fat tat Its mone money value and tho the estimated profit from any ann an given dairy herd 0 In the supplement o of the tIne bulletin i is contained a n. number of or sample score scorecards scorecards scorecards cards designed to assist the teacher In rating agricultural exhibits which tho the pupils PUpUR should be he encouraged to make Tho The new mew bulletin Is designed especially especial for rural school teaches teachers In the northern northera north north- era ern rn states