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Table 30 



Distribution of Schools According to Amounts of Loans, Gifts, 

 AND Expenditures for All Agricultural Purposes 



No. of Schools 



$25 or less 28 



26 to 50 16 



51 to 100 3 



101 to 200 3 



201 to 300 3 



301 to 400 1 



401 or more 2 



10 to 50 (estimated) 10 



The estimates for the last item were based on general descrip- 

 tion of the material reported, although no definite value was 

 placed on it. 



It may be of interest to know what apparatus the schools have 

 mentioned in their reports. 



10 schools reported soil tubes, pans, or boxes. 

 12 schools reported samples of grain, seeds, soils, and fertil- 

 izers. 



24 schools reported milk testers. 



2 schools reported milk separators. 



2 schools reported incubators. 



2 schools reported agricultural implements. 



I school reported a spraying machine. 



I school reported grafting knives. 



Doubtless many more schools could have reported one or more 

 of these items had they cared to take the time. 



Nearly all the schools used texts containing a number of ex- 

 periments that are practicable for indoor use. Several of the 

 schools based their experimentation work on some manual, as 

 Office of Experiment Stations Bulletins Nos. 186 and 195, and 

 Circular No. yy ; Bulletin No. 2 of the Minnesota Agricultural 

 College ; Bulletins No. i and 2 on Agricultural Education, Miami 

 University; and State Manual of Nebraska. Other schools 

 report these as basis of extra experiments performed. 



As a measure of the efficiency of instruction in the general 

 high school, the amount and character of the experimentation 

 work done is probably as good as any, just as the practical fann 

 plat demonstration may serve as an index of the work done 



