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ing agriculture one of the required subjects. State aid is to be 

 given to rural and graded schools. These are of two classes, 

 but among the requirements for both classes are courses in 

 domestic science, manual training, and elementary agriculture. 

 Provision is made for the establishment of county agricultural 

 and training schools. "Each of said schools shall receive state 



aid in the sum of $2,500 Not more than five schools 



shall be aided the first year nor more than five be added every 

 two years thereafter." A state agricultural and training board 

 is also created. This board "shall consist of the president of the 

 state agricultural college, the state superintendent of public in- 

 struction, and three practical farmers, who shall be appointed 

 by the governor of the state. 



Ohio. An act to provide for the teaching of agriculture in 

 the common schools became a law in 1911, but does not apply 

 to city school districts of the state. The act requires "that the 

 state be divided into four agricultural districts to be mapped 

 out, located, and defined by the commissioner of common schools. 

 .... The state commissioner shall also superintend all such 

 agricultural education designated in this act and shall appoint 

 in each agricultural district a person known as district super- 

 visor of agriculture." Among the duties of this officer are 

 visiting and co-operating with the several boards of education 

 in his district in planning such a course of study in agriculture 

 as they may think best adapted to the needs of the people of the 

 respective school districts ; visiting the county teachers' institute 

 in every county in his district, and giving instruction in agri- 

 culture to the teachers of the several schools designated in this 

 act ; co-operating with the state board of agriculture, and giving 

 the state such time as may be necessary to lecture on agricultural 

 subjects as are related to teaching in the common schools; en- 

 couraging county agricultural societies in each county of his 

 district to establish school children's agricultural exhibits at 

 each annual county fair. The sections of the political code 

 relating to teachers' examinations is amended so as to include 

 "on and after September I, 1912, elementary agriculture." 



