Excerpt from Studies of Occupations in Agriculture, Forestry, and Animal Industry The growing complexity of the world of occupations, the consequent need for definite information for use in vocational guidance, and the increasing demand for trustworthy data for the class in occupations have led to the preparation of this Bulletin. It is offered to young people in the hope that they will find efficient service and personal satisfaction in the work of their chosen occupation. Every one should know about the farmer and the workers associated with him, for their occupations are fundamental. While liberal Federal and state provision have been made for agricultural education, printed information suitable for use in the vocational counseling of young people in this great field has been lacking. This study presents the important facts of the field as a basis for criticism, further investigation, and choosing a life career. This bulletin is primarily an expansion of Section I of the author's A Guide to the Study of Occupations, into brief but comprehensive analyses of the occupations there presented. A few occupations of secondary importance are added, to make the treatment of the great field reasonably exhaustive. The plan of treatment here followed is that laid down in "How to Use This Book," in the introductory part of the Guide. Thus the use of the Bulletin may be supplemented by the use of the Guide, both for method and for a critical treatment of the references here given and for additional references. The occupational material presented in these pages has been prepared with great care, whether drawn from abundant or scanty sources and experience, country-wide in nature. It has been the purpose of the Bulletin to include only fundamental information, on which constructive teaching may build and to which it may add according to the age and needs of the pupil, or the advancement of a class. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.