Show cooperative EXTENSION WORK the smith hughes act the new agricultural ri act passed by congress last december is one of the four great acts enacted in the united states in favor ot of agriculture and for the benefit of 0 the fa farmers of the country the first the Al errill act in which provided for far the agricultural colleges the edmunds tucker act in which provided tor for the stations the smith lever act in 1912 which provided for the extension divisions of 0 the colleges and county agents and ath the smith hugha act in 1917 aich provides tor for vocational education or vocational guidance in the high schools this last act is one of the roost most important because it deals with the boys and girls in practical work and in teaching them how to do things in a material way in the past students have gone into the school rooms and studied the theory and the tales of agriculture but the practical side has been neglected to 1 1 ceroala cert alii extent to overcome this and to prepare the boys and girls for future life and in actually making a living the practical side hide of the suggestion will be I 1 emphasized it if we are working on milk testing and milk cows we will teach the b bay vy how to test milk and the qualities to look for in good milk cows by gin to dairies where they can be stu studied dierl from the living cows it we are studying I 1 sugar beets we will get all we can from books and bulletins but along with this we will put the boy on a beet project for the summer where lie can study the growing beets the same method will be carried out alti every subject in agriculture and home economics in the high schools under the smith hughes act another phase of agriculture that will be emphasized Is that of the financial side of the work in the oum mer project work art an accurate financial statement will be called tor for at the end of the season so that the boy will know just nhat his crop is producing for him in money the value of this one thing alone can not bp P over emphasized pha plia sized because t teaches him to keep records on every phase of ct the farm and the things which are not making liim him a profit will be eliminated lie ile will know chich part of the farm is paying and he will know duliere his expense money is going and for what purpose his business and the farm must be run on a Iu business siness basis in the future will be directed from this standpoint and not frain the standpoint of chance as it has been done dome to a large extent in the past pasi the box elder high school will function this year in the smith hughes act but to do it summer project work was added to the course of study the act requires that the students spend 90 minutes a day for six months in class clash work and laboratory and 90 minutes minu ais fa average for six months in summer project work vork when a student completes this schedule lie he will receive 2 units of t credit the same to count on his we have twenty five boys boya anti anil a number of pills gills signed up for the project work this summer in tile the country and most ot of flace ee are in n farm crops while the smith huels work is new and the details have bot been worker ut def inanely it ought to be the determining factor in the future autura success of 0 tile the tai fai mers |