Curriculum for pupils of twelve to fifteen years : (advanced division).

Date:
1931
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Licence: In copyright

Credit: Curriculum for pupils of twelve to fifteen years : (advanced division). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    created. Visits to farms would, no doubt; offer greater facilities for studying many agricultural practices: than the school garden. » Vegetable and fruit crops grown in the school garden ai the means of practical instruction in cultivation, Serve as a basis for rural science principles, ‘supply material for cookery classes, and even lead to economy in the provision of school meals. ‘The floral specimens of the garden may, with advantage, provide material for drawing and painting lessons and specimens for nature study, besides catering for the teaching of esthetic principles. Most agricultural crops do not lend themselves readily to such purposes, nor do they give such a wide variation in types of vegetation. SILVICULTURE Silviculture or the growing of woods, as opposed to arboriculture or the growing of individual trees, has, since the establishment of the Forestry Commission, assumed a definite place in Scottish rural economy. The increasing activities of the Commission ensure that this branch of rural industry will grow in importance. For example, 275,000 acres have already been acquired in Scotland by the State and 50,000 acres have been afforested. State nurseries for the propagation of plants number over 40 and extend to 275 acres. The Commission has created 200 forest-workers’ holdings, and the formation of these will continue, while every year from 9000 to 12,000 acres or more will be added to the plantations. Although arboriculture may justifiably be regarded