Why was its importance not realized until recently?
What educational agency in your state first reflected the need
of scientific instruction in agriculture?
The study of agriculture in the public school was at first
ridiculed. Why? What is now the general attitude toward it?
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?
Mention some school subjects that are closely related to
agriculture. Show how each is related to agriculture.
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?
In many schools agriculture and domestic science are associated
in the curriculum. What have they in common to justify this?
In the chemistry class in a certain school food products are
examined for purity. How will this increase the pupils’
knowledge of chemistry?
In a certain school six girls appointed for the day cook
luncheon for one hundred persons, six other girls serve it, and six
others figure the costs. Criticize this plan.
Show how some particular phase of agricultural instruction may
function in agricultural practice.
What benefits accrue to a teacher from the study of a subject
in its ramifications?
In what respects is agriculture a noble pursuit? Compare it in
this respect with law. How does agriculture lead to the exercise of
faith? Teaching? Law? Electrical engineering?