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Out of 33 schools reporting on experimental work, 12 stated 

 that no experimental work was done in science, 9 reported that 

 " some " or " very little " was done, leaving 12 answering " yes " 

 without qualification. Of these 12, 4 specified the work as 

 being principally demonstrations by the teacher, and 2 that it 

 was chiefly individual work done by the pupils. Three of the 

 12 gave less than 25 per cent of the time to work other than 

 recitations, 4 gave from 25 per cent to 50 per cent and 5 gave 

 50 per cent or more. 



Ten schools included in Table 17 and only 15 of the entire 

 37 schools reporting agriculture as taught incidentally, stated 

 that they made use of agricultural bulletins, reference books, 

 etc. As the texts specified for the various subjects contain little 

 or no reference to the agricultural application of the principles 

 of the several sciences, it w^ill be apparent that many of the 

 claims that agriculture is taught in connection with these sciences 

 rests upon a doubtful basis, and that it is often impossible to 

 estimate the value of such work without a personal visit, which 

 has been made in some cases. 



Table 17 gives the time devoted to the several sciences obtained 

 by multiplying the minutes per week by the number of weeks 

 for the subject. Fifteen schools furnished the data necessary 

 for this table. 



