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EDUCATIONAL BULLETIN

 

 

 

 

INSTITUTIONAL ON-FARM
TRAINING IN KENTUCKY

PROGRAM AND POLICIES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Published by

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

BOSWELL B. HODGKIN I '3
Superintendent of Public Instruction ‘

 

 

 

 

 

ISSUED MONTHLY

Entered as second—class matter March 21, 1933, at the post office at
Frankfort, Kentucky, under the Act of August 24, 1912.

 

 

Vol. XVI September, 1948 No. 7

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

FOREWORD

The .l'nstitntional On—Farm Program for veterans in Kentucky
is making an. outstanding contribution to the total program of
education. in the State. The 13,000 veterans enrolled in this program
are pursuing a course of instruction in the public schools which is
designed to prepare these young men for the vocation of farming
and to become useful citizens of their communities.

The progress made by the trainees toward these goals has been
most. satisfactory. A great contrilmtitm already has been made to
education and to agriculture in the short time the program has been
in operation. This success has been due to the cooperation ot.‘ all
persons connected with the training ot.’ veterans. Much credit must
be given to the local and state advisory committees who have helped
to guide the program and formulate the policies for its ope 'ation.

Grateful acknowledgement is made to the State Advisory Com-
mittee, members ot.’ the training section staff of the regional office of
the Veterans Administration, members of the teacher training stall
in Agricultural Education at the University of Kentucky, and mem—
bers of the staff in Agricultural Education in the Division of Voca-
tional Education of the State Department of Education, for the
preparation of the material. in this bulletin.

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The Program in General ...................................................................... 575
Aims and Objective of the Training .................................................. 575
Administration and Supervision ...................................................... 577
Book and Instructional Supplies ...................................................... 579
State Advisory Committee _____________________________________________________ 530
Local Advisory Committee ............. 581
Organization of Classes ...... 532
Class Instruction ______________________________________________________ 584
Course of Study _________________________________________________________ 583
On-Farm Instruction ____________________________________________________________________________ 593
Farming Programs ________________________________________________________________________________ 597
a. Approving Farming Programs ................................................. 597
b. “Farm” Defined ___________________________________________________________________________
C. Control of Farm Defined _________________________________
d. Enterprises Making Up Farming Program
Making Progress With Farming Programs .......
Farm—Employee Instruction ________________________________________________________________ 613

Purpose and Provision of Public Law 377 ...................................... 614

 

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INSTITUTIONAL ON-FARM TRAINING
IN KENTUCKY

PROGRAM AND POLICIES

This publication sets forth the program and policies for providing
institutional on-t’arm training in Kentucky for veterans of World
War II, under the provisions of Public Laws 16, 346, 679, and 377.

The Program in General

Institutional on—farm training in Kentucky is offered by public
high schools having departments of vocational agriculture, in coopera~
tion with the Division of Vocational Education, State Department of
Education, Frankfort.

An eligible veteran may elect to pursue institutional on-farm
training either as a self-employed farmer or as a farm-employee, in
accordance with the provisions set forth in this publication.

This training program shall consist of two integrated parts and
shall be a full-time training program for those in training.

1. Instruction

a. Class instruction in agriculture at the high school Where the
veteran is enrolled. This instruction shall be of at least 200
Class hours per year, given as the course of study outlined
herein.

b. On—farm instruction

(1) At least 100 hours per year for self—employed veterans,
50 hours of which must be individual instruction, on the
veteran’s home farm, provided through at least two
instructional Visits each month (24 per year).

(2) At least 50 hours per year for farm—employee veterans,
25 hours of which must be individual instruction, on the
farm on which the veteran is employed, provided through
at least one instructional visit each month (12 per year).

2. Practice in the Use of Improved Farming Practices

a. Each self—employed veteran shall have a farming program on
a farm under his own control, of sufficient scope to use all
of his time not taken up in class or individual instruction.
He shall put into use in his farming program those improved
farming practices in which he has had class or individual
instruction and that are applicable to his situation.

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This veteran is making definite progress toward becoming established

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in farming.

b. Each farm-employee veteran shall spend all of his time not
taken up in class or individual instruction in performlrg
those jobs and improved farming practices agreed upon 1_n
his training schedule, under the immediate instruction of hls
employer in cooperation with his teacher.

Aims and Objectives of the Training

For Self-Employer Farmers

The aim is to provide full-time training in farming that W111

better enable the veteran to make a good living through fal‘mmg

and live well on his farm.

The following objectives should be reached, insofar as POSSIble’

by each man enrolled in the training:

a. Have a good, well—balanced farming program that can grow
toward good size of farm business.

b. Become progressively well established in farming as a farm-

owner, or in some other favorable farming situation.

Use good farm—management practices.

d. Use good practices in producing and marketing his livestock
and crops.

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 e. Plan and get into operation a good program of soil use and
improvement.
f. Plan and get into operation a good program for improving
the farm home, buildings, fences, water supply, and the like.
\ g. Construct and repair farm equipment, and care for and
repair farm machinery.
h. Produce and properly conserve much of the family food
supply.
The degree to which a man may reach these objectives will
depend on his status and ability at the beginning of the train—
ing, his ability to make progress, and the length of time he may
’ pursue the training. It is assumed that few men will be able
to reach high attainment in all of these objectives in less than
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2. For Farm-Employees
The aim is to provide full—time training in some skilled farming
occupation (such as farm manager, livestock herdsman, shep-
/ herd, poultryman, truck gardener, or orchardist) that will enable
- the veteran to become a skilled farm employee.
The following objectives should be reached, insofar as possible,
by each man enrolled in the training:
a. Become progressively well established as an employee in a
favorable farming situation in the farming occupation for
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1b1j5hed b. Have the ability to use the improved farming practices in
f his farming occupation.

c. Produce and properly conserve much of the family food

ime not supply.
forming It is assumed that a man should reach a satisfactory degree of
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7 Administration and Supervision

Local hoards of education, through their administrative officers,

ll‘dive local administration of institutional on-farm training. The

‘at will D1v1si0n of Vocational Education has state administration of the pro—
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assisting the instructors in planning and carrying out the instruc-
tional program, approving reports to the Division of Vocational
Education and the Veterans Administration, and other duties that
should be performed by the head teacher of agriculture. He is directly
responsible to his high school principal, superintendent, and board
of education. Veterans Administration training officers will assist
local school authorities in supervising the training of veterans under
Public Law 16 and problem cases under Public Law 346.

State Supervision

The Division of Vocational Education is responsible for furnish-
ing supervisory and teacher-training assistance to local training pro-
grams in cooperation with the local school authorities, to the end that

the program will provide the greatest possible training value to the
veterans enrolled.

Facilities for Providing the Instruction
Local board of education provide the facilities for giving the
training. The facilities include:

1. A suitable Classroom for each class

2. Provision for the use of—
a. The farm shop building and equipment
b The vocational agriculture library and equipment
0. The school-community cannery, if one is available
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Visual—aid equipment and other instructional facilities which
the high school may have that would make for a better
instructional program.

The Division of Vocational Education shall reimburse 10031
boards of education for such expenses incident to maintaining the
facilities as may be allowable under the terms of its contract with the
Veterans Administration and policies for administering the program-

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Instructors to aid in giving the instruction are employed by the
local boards of education as instructors in vocational agriculture. The
salary and travel expense of these instructors are paid by the local
board of education which is reimbursed for these (and other) expenses
by the Division of Vocational Education. Instructors as members of
the local high school faculty are responsible to their high school
principals, superintendents, and boards of education.

In order for a local board of education to be reimbursed for the
salary and travel expense of an instructor in institutional on-fal‘m

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the same as for regular teachers of vocational agriculture. The State
Board of Education may establish emergency (pialilications as long
as the need for such emergency certification exists. The instructor
must be employed full time.

BOOKS AND INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPLIES

Local boards of education may purchase textbooks and instruc—
tional supplies to be issued to the veterans, Such textbook and
instructional supplies are reimbursable by the Division of Vocational
Education in accordance with its contract with the Veterans AdminiS—
tration and its adopted policies.

Lists of approvable textbooks and instructional supplies are to
be furnished local school authorities by the Division of Vocational
Education from time to time.

Approved Books for the Men in Training
Men should have the books needed in the courses being taught
and in the farming program they are carrying on. It is recommended
that approximately $22.00 be spent for books for the first year, and
not more than $6.00 for each of the following years. In no case may
the cost of books exceed $28.00 for the first two years plus $6.00 for
each additional year. A list of approved books follows:

Each year
Kentucky Farm Record Boole
Vocational Agriculture Notebook (Hurst fl.’rinting (70., Lexing-
ton, Ky)

or other suitable notebook at about equal cost
Fat-m Plans Book

FiI‘St—year Men
Field Crops Management by Fergus and Hammonds
or Southern Field Crops Management by Fergus, Hammonds,
. and Rogers (J. B. Lippencott Company, Chicago)
Usmg and Managing Soils by Gustafson (McGraw-Hill Book
Company, New York)
01' Farm Soils by Worthen (John Wiley and Sons, New York)

Farm Business Management by Robertson and Woods (J. B. Lip-
pineott Co.)

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