A study of the attitude towards agriculture of students entering an agricultural school was undertaken as a part of a wider project, which examined the impact upon this attitude of a new, 'broad-field' curriculum. 12 Guttman-type scales were constructed for the measurement of this attitude. It was found that a positive attitude to nature, a preference for rural occupations and an acquaintance with the wider problems of agriculture are positively correlated with an expressed wish to chose agriculture as a future occupation, while a high evaluation of the significance and importance of agriculture is not correlated with it. The 'broad-field' approach to the teaching of biology and agriculture increases the love of nature, which is the single factor most strongly correlated with the wish to turn to agriculture.