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Table i. High schools and academies offering instruction in 



agriculture for two or more years 24 



2. Secondary schools classified as agricultural high schools, 



for the year 1908-9 .• • • 25 



3. Special schools classified according to the geographical 



unit served 25 



4. Public high schools with courses in agriculture 27 



5. Agriculture taught as a separate study 28 



6. Agriculture taught incidentally 29 



7. Schools reporting more or less fully 29 



8. Data from 151 comparable schools furnishing complete 



information 3^ 



9. Comparative data for 151 schools 34 



10. Ratios of enrollm.ent per 10,000 of population 35 



11. Ratio of enrollment in agriculture to total enrollment. 36 



12. Ratio of students from farm homes to total enrollment. 37 



13. Enrollment of high schools reporting 38 



14. Ratio of students from farm homes to_ total enrollment 



(in schools teaching agriculture incidentally) 3° 



15. Science work reported. (Same schools as in Table 14). 39 



16 Number of sciences reported. (Same schools as in 



Table 14) :• 39 



17 Time given to each science. (Same schools as in 



Table 14) ; 40 



18. Distribution of schools according to the number of 



weeks given to agriculture 86 



19. Distribution of schools according to the number of 



minutes per week given to agriculture 87 



20. Distribution of schools according to the total number 



of minutes per annum given to agriculture.^ 88 



21. Distribution of schools according to the year in which 



agriculture is given •_ 89 



22. Distribution of schools according to the sciences pre- 



ceding agriculture 9'^ 



23. Distribution of schools according to the amount of 



science preceding agriculture 92 



24. Distribution of schools with first-year agriculture pre- 



ceded bv another science 92 



25. Official position of the instructor in agriculture 93 



26. Distribution of teachers according to the number of 



classes taught in addition to agriculture 93 



27. Distribution of teachers according to the number of 



hours on duty in school _• 94 



28. Total number of classes assigned to teacher of agri- 



culture and time spent daily in agriculture 94 



29. Purposes to which available funds are devoted 96 



30. Distribution of schools according to amounts of loans, 



gifts, and expenditures for all agricultural purposes. 97 



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