U. T. Farmer, Vol. 6 (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from U. T. Farmer, Vol. 6<br><br>Farming is already becoming more attractive as a study because it is more attractive as an occupation than ever before.<br><br>Many ambitious boys leave the farm because they feel that there is no room for the development of their talents there; but by a few years study of agriculture they would see that business ability and training are just as highly rewarded in farming as in any other field and that there are perhaps more and greater problems awaiting solution in the agricultural field than in any other today. Finding his proper vocation is of course a very hard problem for every boy to solve; and I believe that thousands fail to choose farming simply because they do not understand what scientific farming really is.<br><br>It bus always been a question as to how to get all the children to attend school and laws are being enacted to compel attendance; but would it not be much better to make the courses so interesting by introducing subjects in which the child delights, and the school surroundings so beautiful that the child would go of its own accord Such a thing is being done in many communities today. It can be done in any community if the teacher or the patrons will only take the matter in hand and push it.<br><br>I firmly believe that agriculture should be required for every grade of teacher's certificate, and in many states it is so. Tennessee is yet much behind in this as in many other lines of educational development, but has recently been making rapid progress. We now have the long and short courses in agriculture at the State University; the Summer School of the South, three Normal Schools and many agricultural High Schools over the State in which teachers may be trained. Tuition in each one of these schools is free and each gives a good training to the future teacher of agriculture.<br><br>The farmers should see to it above all else that the teacher is a friend of agriculture and loses no good opportunity to show his or her pupils the advantages and opportunities of country life. And they should take an interest in all the operations of the school and always stand ready to do whatever the teacher asks of them, such as putting up prizes for corn, vegetable or poultry contests.<br><br>This subject has been investigated by the United States Department of Agriculture, and by the State Superintendents of many of the states. Each of these, after careful study, has laid out a course of study covering the whole period from the first grade on to the last year in High School. Either the Department of Agriculture or any of the State Superintendents will be glad lo help any teacher who thinks of forming such a course. Good books too are now plentiful on the various subjects to be taught, the demand in recent years having been well answered.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.