Show HIGH SCHOOL COURSES IN agriculture many teachers of agriculture in in high schools have felt that a wider use should be made of the home farm both to give the pupil practical work with plants or animals and to correlate more closely the activities of the class with the actual work of the home and farm while many believe that there shoud be home projects in agriculture as a feature of every high school course in agriculture the need for work of this sort at home is particularly important where the high school is not fortunate enough to possess a school farm to assist teachers in developing home projects in agriculture the states relations service of the department of agriculture has recently issued professional paper no home projects in secondary courses in agriculture this bulletin discussed in detail the development of the home project idea and its use in in various various states where it lias has proved successful this is followed by a discussion of the essentials of a home project in which aie are included directions for keeping 1 records blanks and forms and typical outlines for projects on potatoes pigs alfalfa orchards poultry and the farm home these home projects are classified as production demonstration improvement and management projects the last dealing with the business side of the farm |