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- An analysis of the responsibilities of the district supervisor in the field of vocational education in agriculture, 1946-1947Lewis, Marsh Martin (Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 1947)
- Beef production in Virginia: organized subject matter, factual data, and related information on the important jobs in the beef production enterprise in Virginia for use of teachers and students of vocational agricultureHudson, M. W. (Virginia Tech, 1946-05-05)Beef cattle production in Virginia has increased steadily during the last few years. This increase has been brought about in a large part by the increase in the price of beef by a definite trend toward more livestock to provide profitable utilization of non-productive lands and to serve as a good source of cash income.
- Beekeeping for vocational agriculture studentsCheek, Ralph Bryant (Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 1949)Much information is available in the field of Apiculture, some technical and some practical. It would appear, however, that there is justification for an attempt to provide information of a practical nature for use in high school Vocational Agricultural classes. Available publications either are too comprehensive or do not contain sufficient material for students of Vocational Agriculture who wish to study beekeeping. It is the intent of this thesis to consolidate and organize factual information for class use by teachers, to suggest a few student problems and activities, and to develop a course calendar of units for study. A detailed discussion of only one type of honey production is presented; but from this type (bulk-comb honey) any other form of honey production may be developed.
- Child phychology in the public schools of Baltimore, MarylandGroseclose, Henry C. (Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute, 1927)no abstract provided by author
- A comparison of per capita cost of instructionHollifield, J. Fost (Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute, 1929)
- Consisting of a course of study in Farm Management to be taught in Virginia agricultural high schoolsRoller, John B. (Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute, 1923)In May, 1921, a request for all available information on courses in Farm Management for Agricultural High Schools was sent to each Professor of Agricultural Education, at the State Agricultural and Mechanical Colleges, in the United States. Eighteen letters were received in reply to the inquiry. The following material was obtained, studied, and used as a basis for the course here offered: 1. U.S.D.A. Bulletin 592--Courses in Secondary Agriculture for Southern Schools. 2. Suggestions on Courses in Agriculture for the Smith-Hughes Schools in Kentucky, - Prof. McNeal C. James. 3. Vocational Agriculture for Teacher Training Classes in Michigan, Bul. No. 19-- Dept. of Agricultural Education, Michigan Agricultural College. 4. Course of Study for Farm Management. - Virginia Agricultural Instructor, Sept., 1921. 5. Outline of Course in Farm Management. - Prof. D.W. Hamilton --Washington State College, Pullman, Wash. 6. Agriculture in High Schools. -Goddard and James. --Dept. of Public Instruction, Madison, Wis. 7. The Organization of the Course of Study in Agriculture, Crandall & Barnett. --Dept. of Pub. Instr., of Columbia, S.C. 8. New York State Agricultural Teachers' Bulletin, Jan., 1920, and May 1920. 9. Course of Study in Elementary Agriculture for Wisconsin Public Schools. - F.E. Heald, Asst., Agri. Edu., U.S.D.A. 10. Letters and suggestions from other Professors of Agricultural Education in State Colleges. The course as presented is for Virginia schools and was prepared and used under conditions which prevail at Apple Grove, in Louisa County. The course was taught there in 1922-23, and has been revised in the light of experience thus gained, and of suggestions from the Teacher-Training Department at the V.P.I. The present form is the result of still another revision suggested by the State Supervisor of Agricultural Education, to make the work reflect the latest available suggestions as to courses of study.
- Consisting of an outline of a study of potatoes as a feature of plant production courseJennings, Clarence (Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute, 1923)
- The construction of individual instruction or job sheets in farm mechanics for the use of students and teachers in vocational education in agriculture in VirginiaScott, Joseph Kyle (Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute, 1940)
- The construction of job sheets in farm forge shopMyers, Paul Franklin (Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute, 1940)
- Cooperative livestock marketing in VirginiaCredle, Fenner Xyvon (Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute, 1922)no abstract provided by author
- Determining the content of a farm power and machinery course for vocational agriculture high schools in VirginiaThompson, Evans Guy (Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 1952)1. This is a study of 60 white teachers of vocational agriculture in Virginia to determine the desirable content of a farm power and machinery course for vocational agriculture in the high schools of Virginia. The purposes of the study were: a. To determine the nature and content of farm power and machinery units being taught by teachers of vocational agriculture in the high schools of Virginia. b. To determine the teaching units in farm power and machinery that should be included in the high school vocational agriculture course. Based on the teaching experience of the teachers included in this study, it is concluded that the practices being used and recommended by a majority of these teachers should be considered as acceptable guides for all teachers to follow in organizing and conducting their instructional program in farm power and machinery. The recommended teaching units include a study of: determining the place of power and machinery on the farm, preventing accidents on the farm, tractors, transportation equipment, tillage implements, seeding equipment, lime, manure, fertilizer distributors, harvesting equipment, crop processing equipment, clean, grading equipment, spraying, dusting equipment, pumps, rams, miscellaneous farm equipment, and storing equipment.
- Developing a young farmer organization for VirginiaOrr, Kennett Eugene (Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 1952)
- The development of a plan to administer the new curriculum program of Virginia so that each pupil may be better prepared vocationally for lifeEstes, Eley M. (Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute, 1937)
- The development of a program for the establishment of more profitable farm flocks in Grassy Creek CommunityLaRue, William Calfee (Virginia Tech, 1934-06-15)Finally it may be logically assumed that the teacher of agriculture, the county agricultural agent or the agricultural extension worker, who marches forward to his task with the armor of a well organized all-day group over his breast; the protection of a closely co-operating farmers' evening group. like a shirt of mail about his loins; with shin guards as an advance at: effective instruction in the unorganized group; all capped by a well-planned program as an invincible helmet, together with a gleaming sword of' ambition in his trained right arm) will skillfully carve his path toward achievement in the realm of service to the American farmer.
- The development of a safety program for school farm shopsBaldwin, Gordon Lee (Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 1946)
- The development of a scale for the Strong vocational interest test to measure basic interests in teaching agricultureMiller, Charles William; DeBusk, Charles Francis (Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute, 1940)
- The development of vocational agricultural education in VirginiaConnelly, L. B. (Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute, 1924)no abstract provided by author
- An economic study of farm management and land utilization in Buckingham County, Virginia, 1938-1940Moore, Daniel Elwyn (Virginia Tech, 1941)
- An economic study of the farm practices of the Apple Grove CommunityKay, Ashby Weldon (Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute, 1926)no abstract provided by author
- The effect of fertilizers on the germination of seeds as influenced by temperature and moistureSmith, Edward G. (Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute, 1925)The effect of fertilizers and the variable weather conditions of temperature and moisture have presented many problems of a scientific nature of the agronomist. Not only has this been true for some time with the scientific agronomist, but of late years these problems have found their place in the working knowledge of the practical farmer from a crop standpoint. Many times the farmer fails to get a stand of certain crops due to bad germinations of the seed. This is attributed to bad seed, disease seed, old seed, to wet land and many other similar reasons. Not until recent years has the farmer attributed the inability to get a good stand of different crops on the land to the effect of fertilizers. Some of the more wide-awake farmers of today have noticed repeatedly that with certain seeds when sown with certain fertilizers a poor germination has always resulted. It has become common practice of many farmers in planting crops in which the seed is sown with the drill to mix the fertilizer with the seed and sow it out the same spout together, thus putting the fertilizer in contact with the seed. Many of the farmers are reporting bad germination from this practice and are asking for information about the effect of certain fertilizers on germination of certain seeds. To be able to give practical information on such problems as these, is the aim for this experiment work.