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The farmer's child enters our public schools; he istaught to read, write, and spell. He is then taughtarithmetic and grammar. If he shows a desire forknowledge, and his father can spare him from thefarm, he may be given instruction in Latin,geometry, English literature and modern andancient history. It is then thought that he hasenough education to make a farmer, and he istaken from school and put to work on the farm.He has spent from ten to twelve years of his lifegetting a smattering of everything in theeducational calendar, except the one industry,the special knowledge of which is largely todetermine his success or failure in life."Necessity for an Agricultural Education,"Prince Edward Island Magazine andEducational Outlook, May 1904