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TEACHING AGRICULTURE
IN SCHOOLS
People were slow In recognizing
the importance of agriculture as a
school subject. When we stop to
think how great our dependence must
always be on products of the farm,
and as our population increases, the
necessity becomes still greater for
scientific agriculture to make the
most from every acre used for any
purpose, we must see that agriculture
in our schools has come to stay and
to be increasing in its demands.
Teachers Needed.
The sudden impetus given quite re
cently to popular education ! n agri
culture has found very few teachers
prepared and thousands unprepared
to meet the situation. Laws have
been passed requiring the teaching of
agriculture as a comhion school sub
ject, and teachers have been required
to take examinations in it, yet op
portunities to prepare have been
meager. Since the only way to reach
the masses of the people with the
newer agriculture is through the
medium of the public schools, teach
ers must prepare and the people must
support the movement. This means
teachers in high schools as well as
in elementary schools, it means that
more rural high schools must be de
veloped, and more one-teacher schools
must adi\j>t to ~thy pew order.
The United '"States Government
gave the greatest stimulus to agricul
ture through various acts and appro
priations establishing Agricultural
Colleges. This government is now
interested In extending the work to
the public schools. The Smith-Lever
Bill will extend greatly the extension
work already begun through club
agencies, and farm and home econo
mics demonstrators. The pending
bill in Congress, Smith-Hughes Bill,
will go further and add new features.
This hill, or one like it, will sooner or
later pass into law. Communities
ready to avail themselves will be the
first to receive aid. County boards,
county superintendents, and local
boards should not sleep over their op
portunities. The teachers must be
prepared, as a first step, and com
munity sentiment must be stirred to
put things in shape. The greatest
help In all this will be prepared teach
ers whoso enthusiasm for the work
will Increase with their preparation.
Institutes Not Sufficient.
Only a small portion of our teach
ers can come from our Agricultural
College graduates. These are quick
ly taken for various leading purposes.
The great number of teachers al
ready In active service, as well as
prospective teachers, must he reach
ed. The teachers’ institute can do
only a very little In this. The most
serviceable agency is the Summer
school. Summer schools have rapid
ly sprung up in every State until
these have taken the place of the old
institute which now takes Its proper
place as a teachers - meeting with the
•Superintendent for directions in local
work.
New Courses for Rural Schools.
The coming session of the Georgia
Summer School for teachers has plan
ned in advance of any other school
to offer valuable courses for rural
teachers. These have in mind high
school teachers, elementary teachers,
even those in charge of one teacher
schools. In the one-teacher school,
the best agency to use is the boys'
and girls’ club. There is literature
for this to be had from the United
States Department of Agricutlure
the State College of Agriculture, and
other sources. This literature is
mostly in the shape of bulletins, some
of which are adapted for use in the
schools, some are not. There are
extension workers, agents of the
Stcte College in connection with the
United States Government, who may
be called upon to aid teachers. The
teachers can organize the hoys and
the girls it.to clubs, Coin Clubs. Car.
nlng Clubs, Home Economics Clubs,
Pi*; Clubs, Poultry Clubs, and Four
Crop Clubs. The beginning is simple
and the work will gradually grow.
The literature and plans are discuss
ed at club meetings in school, and
the work is done mainly at home
under life conditions. Hoys and girls
are soon in the way of money mak
ing as well as of scientiilc education,
and new life is thus put into the
monotony of the old school.
A full course giving instructions to
teachers all about this club work will
be given in the Summer School under
the directions of State Managers
Prof J. Phil Campbell, Miss Mary
Creswell, and other leading extension
workers. There will be a course in
cHome Economics for Kural Schools,
considering conditions where there is
little or no equipment,
f Then for the further education of
teachers in the fundamentals of ag
riculture so they may become profi
cient in this work, may broaden it
schools consolidate, and may
■become teachers Qf Agriculture in
5,000 TOWNS
Are Carrying Through Campaigns of
Clean Up Paint Up
IN AMERICA
The Campaign is now on in Jackson, Georgia
April 5 to 12,1016
EVERY
BODY
Join
This
Good
Movement
EVERY
BODY
Dempsey
Hardware
high sdnoof positions, bourses are of
fered in General High School Agri
culture, Floriculture and Gardening,
Soils and Fertility, Field Crops, Ani
mal Husbandry, and Farm Mechanics.
These courses will be given by Prof
essors in the College of Agriculture
which insures their prime quality.
These make a rich feast spread for
the rural teachers, and even the city
teachers need to partake freely. Hie
Summer School wants to gather in
many teachers from every county and
town in Georgia so that these may go
back to form centers of radiation.
The teachers should be interested in
fitting to these courses, and, above
all. the superintendents and boards
should be interested In sending teach
ers. This is one way to get agricul
ture in schools.
SUMMER COURSES AT
STATE UNIVERSITY
At liens, Ga. —The University of
Georgia now has courses given the
year round. The summer months which
in the past have been a period of
complete cessation of work, are now
utilized by a number of students as
a time for making up work on which
they have fallen short, for hastening
their courses so that they can grad
uate earlier, or for disposing of a con
ditional unit or two required at en
trance. The number of students de
manding summer work has increased
to such an extent that the institution
lias formally established a schedule
for summer work. Not only can woYk
be done toward winning a bachelor’s
degree, but courses in master’s work
are also offered.
FOR SALE-CHEAP
Five good young mules. We
always have mules on hand and
will sell or swap, cash or time.
When vou need a mule come to
see B. F. Watkins & Cos.
3-31-tf
Hardware
Jackson, Georgia
PHONE 80
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m knocks once at every man’s door.” But many an oppor
tunity is lost when the man who sees it hasn’t the wherewithal
to take advantage of it. It is the man with the READY CASH
IN BANK who derives the benefit! If you haven’t an account, open one
today. When the opportunity arrives
YOUR CHECK BOOK WILL BE READY!
FIRST FARMERS BANK
JACKSON, GEORGIA
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_ Springtime Says:
"Spruce up folks, and make your
place spic and span as J am mak
ing my world outside.”
OLD SOL’S bright rays
are “showing up” every
bit of winter’s dust and dirt, and
all the paint-needy places. Look
over your place and see what needs
cleaning, painting and fixing-up.
Then call at our store and see the
supplies we have for cleaning,
painting, repairing. Everything you
need—from Paints, Varnishes and
Brushes to Putty.
If you want choice meats
phone 114, Conner’s.
WE
HAVE
What
It
Takes
To
CLEAN
UP
PAINT
UP.
Company,
Furniture
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The Old Standard general strengthening tonic,
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