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Ewing, Kent – Agricultural Education, 1976
Descriptors: Agricultural Engineering, Agricultural Machinery, Agricultural Machinery Occupations, Program Descriptions
Bristol, Benton K. – Agricultural Education, 1976
Titles of bulletins, for persons who are interested in agricultural accident prevention, are listed as well as examples of farm machinery manufacturers who are making special efforts to produce valuable teaching aids and to inform all segments of agriculture about important safety development. (HD)
Descriptors: Accident Prevention, Agribusiness, Agricultural Education, Agricultural Engineering
Powell, R. E. – Agricultural Education, 1971
Adult farmer education programs in Georgia utilize area adult teachers who work cooperatively with regular teachers of vocational agriculture. (GB)
Descriptors: Adult Farmer Education, Agricultural Education, Agricultural Engineering, Agricultural Machinery Occupations
Krug, Joseph S. – Agricultural Education, 1977
The wood harvesting training program at Washington County Vocational Technical Institute, Calais, Maine, was developed to provide qualified cord cutters or loggers for the large paper companies in the Northeast. Use of chain saws and skidders to produce lumber, equipment and facilities, and benefits and costs to the students are described. (MF)
Descriptors: Agricultural Machinery, Equipment Utilization, Forestry Occupations, Harvesting
Booth, Chester – Agricultural Education, 1977
Describes projects of the Whitney, Texas, vocational agriculture students, exhibited at the Future Farmers of America Farm Mechanics Project Show (at the Heart o' Texas Fair in Waco) in several categories for livestock equipment, farm machinery, farm and yard conveniences, farm electrical projects, gates, and woodwork. (MF)
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agricultural Engineering, Agricultural Machinery, Agricultural Production
Parsons, John W. – Agricultural Education, 1977
The forestry program at the Foster Vocational Center, Framington, Maine, serving more than 90 percent forested Franklin County, trains students bused from their home schools for three periods daily in harvesting the raw materials for local wood-using industries. During the winter, one period weekly is in the classroom but most classes are held…
Descriptors: Agricultural Machinery, Course Content, Equipment Utilization, Forestry
Lancaster, George B. – Agricultural Education, 1977
Three years of instruction in natural resources management (NRM) are offered at Louisa County High School, Mineral, Virginia, with 30 acres of land for use as outdoor classrooms. Instructional areas are grouped under forestry; crops and soils; and surveying, air, water, recreation, and general. Two years of basic agriculture science and mechanics…
Descriptors: Agricultural Machinery, Conservation (Environment), Course Content, Forestry
Simmons, J. C. – Agricultural Education, 1976
Descriptors: Agribusiness, Agricultural Education, Agricultural Engineering, Agricultural Machinery
Ashlock, Anthony – Agricultural Education, 1977
Six new vocational agriculture curriculum guides which are being developed at Stuttgart High School in Arkansas will cover the following instructional areas: soybean and rice production, horticulture, farm buildings design and layout, agriculture metal working, agricultural farm building and structures, and farm machinery. (BM)
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agricultural Machinery, Agricultural Production, Construction (Process)
Knotts, C. Don; Webb, Earl S. – Agricultural Education, 1974
Fifty successful young Texas farmers evaluated agricultural mechanics skills (in the broad areas of farm power and machinery, farm shop, farm electricity, buildings and conveniences, and soil and water management) in terms of their importance. Teachers can use the findings to plan course content relevant to their students' needs. (AJ)
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agricultural Engineering, Agricultural Machinery Occupations, Agricultural Skills
McPhearson, Jesse L., Jr.; Bear, W. Forrest – Agricultural Education, 1976
A study to determine the initial, fixed, and operational cost of equipment used in agricultural mechanics programs. (HD)
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agricultural Engineering, Agricultural Machinery, Cost Effectiveness
