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geographical regions and rough population units are those used 

 in the reports of the United States Commissioner of Education, 

 The population is that of the city, village, township, or county 

 supporting the school. A number of academies reported which 



Table 6 

 Agriculture Taught Incidentally 



a The counties are kept separate in Tables s and 6 because they always run over 4,000 

 but are essentially rural in population, and often include no towns with over 4,000 popu- 

 lation. 



are not included in these tables because of their not belonging 

 to a definitely limited territory. 



While most of the reports received are for the scholastic year 

 1907-8, a considerable number of the reports were made out 

 for the year 1908-9, and came from schools in which the subject 



Table 7 

 Schools Reporting More or Less Fully 



probably was not taught the previous year. A few other reports 

 made out for the year 1908-9 are from schools in which agricul- 

 ture was taught the previous year. A small number of schools 

 included in Table 6 reported for the year 1908-9, having been 

 addressed under the impression that they offered instruction in 



