I04 Agricultural Instruction in the Public High Schools 



Salaries Paid the Teachers of Agriculture, Trained and 



Untrained 



In ]\Iissouri, Nebraska, and Ohio, information regarding the 

 salaries paid instructors of agriculture is available, in most 

 cases, in the reports of the state department of education. Ex- 

 cept in a few notable cases, this information is not available for 

 the country at large outside of the states named. There is 

 some doubt about two cases in Missouri and seventeen in 

 Nebraska, where the subject was taught by an assistant, whose 

 salary was not specifically stated. Since in none of these in- 

 stances was a larger salary reported on account of ability to 

 teach agriculture, it seemed safe to use the average salary given 

 for the assistants in the respective schools. Nearly every one 

 of the seven " assistants " reported from Ohio, turned out to 

 be officially listed as " high-school principal," and in every case, 

 was the only other teacher besides the superintendent, and the 

 salary was therefore easily found. The tabulations are shown 

 as follows: 



Table 38 



Salaries of 110 Teaceiers of Agriculture in Missouri, Nebraska, 



AND Ohio 



Salary 



$301- S400 



401- 500 



501- 600 



601- 700 



701- 800 



801- 900 



901-1,000 



1,001-1,100 



1,101-1,200 



1,201-1,300 



Average 



Average deviation 

 Median 



Missouri 







7 

 8 

 8 

 5 

 2 





 

 1 

 



31 



$640 

 106 

 612 



Nebraska 





 4 

 13 

 4 

 4 

 3 

 

 2 



1 



33 



S703 . SO 

 173.00 

 596.00 



Ohio 



4 

 3 

 5 

 8 

 9 

 9 

 5 

 1 

 2 







46 



$733 . 70 

 170.00 

 733.00 



Total 



4 



14 



26 



20 



18 



14 



5 



3 



5 



1 



110 

 $098.35 

 655.00 



A few teachers, for instance, superintendents, drawing large 

 salaries may raise the average so as to make it seem to show 



