special Secondary Schools of Agriculture 



135 



The above percentages are approximate rather than exact. 

 They hold fairly true for the boys, but would vary five to fifteen 

 per cent lower for the girls. 



The course averages about 11 periods of 40 minutes each a 

 week for each of the four years, or 7I/2 hours of class-room 

 work other than agricultural, and about 125-4 hours in industrial 

 work, including class work, laboratory, field, or shop practice, 

 with a minimum of 9 hours of farm work. 



Table 46 



Data on the Property and Incomes of the Georgia Congres- 

 sional District Schools 



a All but the seventh, ninth, and tenth districts promised free electric light, water for 

 five years, and sewage disposal. 



b Promised an academic building and boys' dormitory. 



c Includes farm profits reported by all but one school, gift to one school, and profits 

 from boarding department reported by five, as well as the uniform sum of $9,2 >;o received 

 from the state. 



d Approximate, as boardin.g profits are reported for only fall term. 



e Fifth, sixth, and ninth district schools are one year below the other schools in grade. 



The students cultivated 738 acres of the total acreage of 

 3,084. Only two schools employed outside farm help, one man 

 each during the year. Two schools rented 45 and 55 acres 

 respectively. One hundred and seventy acres were put in cot- 

 ton, 415 in grain, and 543 in pasturage and other crops. The 

 value of the farm crops for 1909 was $16,050. The eleven 

 schools possess 16 barns, 32 mules, 8 horses (five schools), 31 

 sheep and goats (three schools), 255 hogs, 855 fowls, and the 

 following equipment: 



Farm implements $3,550, ranging from $50 to $800. 



Dairy equipment $935, ranging from $50 to $200. 



