24 Agricultural Instruction in the Public High Schools 



under the second, and lo under the third, including the 4 au- 

 thorized in Arkansas and now organizing. 



These schools are enumerated by states, and classified accord- 

 ing to the views expressed in the preceding pages. 



The second classification by states is in accordance with the 

 legal designation or with the local or popular reputation and 

 claims. That these claims are sometimes not warranted is 

 apparent on examination of the curriculum, equipment, and 

 work of a number of the schools mentioned in Table 2, and 

 comparison with the same criteria of a number of schools in 

 the first column of Table i. The few private academies in- 

 cluded in Table i, are known to serve the purpose of public 



Table 1 



High Schools and Academies Offering Instruction in Agri- 

 culture FOR Two OR More Years 



Schools depending 



on local support 



or patronage 



California 



Illinois 



Iowa 



Kansas 



Maryland 



Massachusetts. . 



Michigan 



Montana 



New Hampshire. 



New York 



Pennsylvania. . . 



Tennessee 



Utah 



Vermont 



West Virginia. . . 



Total 24 



Starting in 1910... 9 



Schools receiving state 



aid and offering general 



high school work 



Alabama 9 



Louisiana c4 



]\Iinnesota fe3 



Mississippi 6 



Oklahoma 1 



Virginia d5 



Total 28 



Starting in 1910. 



10 



Technical schools 



receiving state aid 



for agriculture . 



Arkansas eO 



California 2 



Georgia 12 



Louisiana c5 



Massachusetts 2 



Michigan 1 



Minnesota 1 



New York 3 



Oklahoma /2 



Pennsylvania 1 



Texas' . 1 



Wisconsin j/S 



Total h35 



Starting in 1910. . . 10 



a This school has applied for state aid. 



b Six more will institute aKricultural departments in 1910. 



c Four of these Louisiana schools do not offer classical work, and five offer a^cultural 

 but not literary courses, but all operate under the general law. 



d Ten in all are now organized. Many of these offer classical courses. Information 

 at hand does not show how many offer more than one year of agricultural work. 



* Two schools have already been located and two more will be in 1910. 



/ Four others are in operation in loio. 



R Two others already authorized will open in 5>eptember. iqio. 



h " State agricultural high schools " are maintained in connection with 34 agricultural 

 colleges. See Oflfice Expt. Stas. Circ. 83, p. 21, May 37, igog. 



