26 Agricultural Instruction in the Public High Schools 



larger. Figures from Ohio township and village schools unre- 

 ported would, no doubt, bring the total number of public high 

 schools listed in Table 4 close to 500. 



The special districts of Arkansas having from 17 to 20 coun- 

 ties each, are nearly twice the size of the congressional districts 

 of the state. The judicial districts of Oklahoma, averaging about 

 15 counties each, are about the same size as the congressional 

 districts but not conterminous with them. The " Panhandle " 

 district has three counties. 



About one-third of 35 district schools seem to be offering 

 general high-school courses including classics. 



The 8 county high schools noted offer two-year courses. 

 Many of the others provide but two or three years of strictly 

 high-school work. 



Many of the county high schools with general courses are 

 being organized, or reorganized to provide instruction in agri- 

 culture, and many others have doubtless not been reported. 



In the following table are included high schools with courses 

 in agriculture of one-half year or more. The geographical 

 divisions and the classification according to population are those 

 used in the reports of the United States Commissioner of Edu- 

 cation. So far as known but one township has a population 

 over 4,000, and that on account of the township high-school dis- 

 trict containing the city of DeKalb, 111., of about 10,000 popula- 

 tion. The counties are kept separate, because the population 

 is almost entirely rural, although they always run over 4,000 

 but scarcely ever include cities of over 4,000. 



The classification of general high schools most serviceable for 

 the purposes of this study is based on the political unit served 

 by the school, which gives us the high schools of (a) county, 

 (b) city, (c) village, (d) township, (e) special district, and (f) 

 the quasi-public academies before mentioned, not drawing from 

 a circumscribed area. 



The county high school may not necessarily be. but usually is, 

 situated at the county seat, and so is apt to have a higli per- 

 centage of urban students, more so than in schools in villages 

 of 2,000 or less. (See Table 10.) The township high school 

 is often several miles from any village, but usually includes at 



