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classes handled by the agricultural teachers as shown in the 

 present chapter, one who is conversant with the texts mentioned 

 in Table 34 may gauge somewhat approximately the grade of 

 the agriculture now taught. It should be said, however, that 

 some of the texts of more truly high-school grade, as those by 

 Ferguson and Lewis, or Jackson and Daugherty, both suitable 

 for the lower years, and the more advanced text by Warren, 

 have not been on the market as long as those of purely ele- 

 mentary grade; also that many teachers recognize the unsuit- 

 able character of some of the books most widely used as high- 

 school texts. Some of these reported that their pupils regarded 



Table 34 

 Text Books Reported as Used 



