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high schools and associated rural schools at Cokato and Mcintosh, 

 and the consolidated school at Lewiston (PI. XIII). The act also 

 provides that not to exceed 10 schools may be added to the list during 

 each succeeding hiennium. In addition to the 10 schools operating 

 under the Putnam Act, seven schools have organized departments of 

 agriculture, domestic science, and manual training under special 

 teachers. These schools are located at Argyle, Arlington, Demiison, 

 Eagle Bend, Fergus Falls, Morris, and Warren. 



MISSISSIPPI. 



Fifteen counties in Mississippi located schools under the act of 

 1908, which authorized boards of supervisors to vote a tax lev^' of 

 not to exceed 2 mills for the support of county agricultiiral schools 

 and provided state aid to the extent of $1,000 for each school. The 

 first of these was Noxubee County, which voted a tax levy of 1 mill 

 upon the taxable property of the county for the support of its 

 county agricultural high school at Mashulaville, an inland village 

 12 miles west of Macon. This school will have an income of $1,000 

 from the State, $1,000 from the public schools merged into it, and 

 $5,000 from the county, making an annual income of $7,000. 



NEW YORK. 



A considerable number of the public high schools and some of the 

 older academies and seminaries have provided for instruction in 

 agriculture. At Albion, in Orleans County, agriculture was taught 

 during the year to 12 students who elected this course in the high 

 school. This work was in charge of the instructor in science, and 

 the nature of the course is indicated by the following outline : 



Agriculture in the High School at Albion, X. Y. 

 A. Soil: 



], Dofinition. 2, Origin. 3, Function. 4. Kind.*;. H, Pliysical com- 

 positinii. C), Pliyi^ioal stnietiire, 7, Cbeuiieai composition. 8. Drain- 

 age. !>. Enricbiny. 

 P. Plants: 



1, Strnctnrc. 2. Pliysiology. ;}, Proi)agation and breedinj?. 4, Food. 

 .''), Proper onvironnxMit. (!, I's(>. 

 ('. Animals : 



1. Classification. 2. History of domestication. .'5. Physiology. 4. Foods 

 iind ratinus. il, Products. C», Breeding. 7. Management. 



D. Farm mechanics. 



1. Farm archilectnre. 2. Koad construction. 'A, Ise and care of farm 

 machinery. 4, Ventilation and sanitation. 5, Weather forecasting. 



E. Fruit growing. 



1, Soil. 2, Tillage. .'}, Fertilizing. 4, Plant. :". PrniiiiiL'. u'raflliig. and 

 budding. 0. Diseases and insects. 7, Spraying and s[iraying mixtures. 

 8, Harvesting and marlietiug. 



