FOREWORD The manuscript for this bulletin, consisting of an analysis of the operative jobs of a corn-growing enterprise, was prepared under the direction of C. H. Lane, Chief of the Agricultural Education Service, Federal Board for Vocational Education, by C. H. Schopmeyer, specialist in agricultural instruction, United States Department of Agriculture, in cooperation with Arthur P. Williams, regional agent for agricultural education, Federal Board for Vocational Education, who also prepared the introduction and is responsible for the form used in the analysis. In the preparation of this material a number of farmers were interviewed in four of the leading corn-producing counties of Maryland for the purpose of studying their practices in corn growing and with a view to finding a fairly representative farm situation which might be used as a basis for a type study. Members of the agricultural college and extension staffs of the University of Maryland and specialists in the United States Department of Agriculture were also consulted with reference to the inclusion of certain improved practices not commonly followed in Maryland. The accompanying analysis in this bulletin represents such a type study adapted to the particular conditions existing on a certain farm in one of the counties visited. The bulletin is specifically directed to vocational teachers in all types of agricultural schools, to teacher trainers, and to State supervisors for the purpose of assisting in the selection and organization of training content in the field of activity considered. It is particularly intended to serve as an illustration of procedure in analyzing operative training content of farm jobs, and it may be considered as a companion publication to Bulletin No. 101, Analysis of the Management of a Corn-Growing Enterprise, the latter dealing only with managerial jobs. J. C. WRIGHT, Director. |