94 Agricultural Instruction in the Public High Schools 



It also needs time, as the physical sciences do not, for trips to 



the field, stock farms, factories for canning and for milk 



products, etc. The instructor who must teach many other classes 



or who must spend long hours in the school room can not be 



expected to teach agriculture as it should be taught. 



Tables 26 and 2j show how the time of high-school teachers 



of agriculture is spent. 



Table 27 



Distribution of Teachers According to the Number of Hours 



ON Duty in School 



Hours on duty 



2. 



2i 

 3. 



4. 



4* 

 6. 

 6i 



Number 



of 

 teachers 



2 

 



8 







14 



3 



19 



12 



Hours on duty 



6 



6A- 



7 



7i 



8 



All 



Total 



Number 



of 

 teachers 



45 

 3 

 6 

 1 

 4 

 2 



119 



As might be expected, only 6 teachers of the 31 teaching three 

 classes or less besides agriculture are not superintendents or 

 principals. But the 6 are not, as one might expect, the special 

 agriculturists. 



The inevitable influence of the numerous classes is shown by 

 the time given per week. For the reports quite generally show 

 that agriculture receives the least amount of time in those schools 

 reporting the larger number of recitations to the teacher. 



Table 28 



Total Number of Classes Assigned to Teacher of Agriculture, 

 AND Time Spent Daily in Agriculture 



(Five items of Table 26.) 



