The farmer who builds a silo has
faith that the products of the summer will bring joy and health to the
winter. By faith he transmutes the mountains of toil into valleys of
delight. Through the eyes of faith he sees the work of his hands
bringing in golden sheaves of health and gladness to his own and other
homes.
QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES
1. In what ways is agriculture a typical study?
2. Why was its importance not realized until recently?
3. What educational agency in your state first reflected the need of
scientific instruction in agriculture?
4. The study of agriculture in the public school was at first ridiculed.
Why? What is now the general attitude toward it?
5. To what extent is the study of agriculture important in the city
school? Is there another subject as important for the city school as
agriculture is for the rural school?
6. Mention some school subjects that are closely related to agriculture.
Show how each is related to agriculture.
7. Is Luther Burbank's work to be regarded as botanical or as
agricultural? Why? To which of these sciences do plant variation and
improvement properly belong?
8. In many schools agriculture and domestic science are associated in
the curriculum. What have they in common to justify this?
9. In the chemistry class in a certain school food products are examined
for purity. How will this increase the pupils' knowledge of chemistry?
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