Spartan Daily, May 7, 1937

Volume 25, Issue 129https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/spartandaily/2613/thumbnail.jp

Farming in the "New Economy" : An Australian Perspective

Barriers to trade between countries have reduced through the general Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and the World Trade Organisation (WTO). The nature of trade between businesses is also changing dramatically through developments in Information Technology but also due to adoption of quality assurance and new approaches to supply chain management. The impacts of this "New Economy" vary around the world. This paper considers the implications of these developments for Australian farmers. Whilst these changes can be regarded as generally advantageous to Australian farmers, they may be disadvantaged in some areas because of the relatively small size of the Australian farming sector, its geographical dispersion, the advent of a range of new technologies and the structure of agribusinesses. The potential changes to the nature of farming and farm management skills are discussed.Farm Management,

The Write Approach to Mathematics or How I Found the Middle Way

Revising a course is a multifaceted process. Often, reform efforts are focused on a particular aspect, that of inquiry-based collaborative learning. This article discusses the implementation of another aspect of the reform of a course for pre-service elementary teachers: the use of journals and writing exercises for evaluation and assessment. The evolution of this particular reform is traced, with emphasis on the reactions of students and faculty, the issues raised by these reactions, and the solution and resolution attained by the author is outlined

Girls Go to Geneva...

Marjorie countryman, home economics sophomore who has been awarded the Geneva scholarship by the Ames Faculty Women\u27s Club, will represent Iowa State College at the Y. W. C. A. camp at Lake Geneva this summer