of the county as a whole will not be so large as this, for there is only one 

 country minister in the county and only 10 country doctors. 



Table X shows the educational advantages of the 200 country boys 

 who have gro\vn up in the neighl)orh()()ds, studied, and are now between 

 twenty and thirty years of age. 



TABLE X.— EDUCATION OF COUNTRY BOYS 



Those Who Ha\-c Tliose Who Have 

 Stayed on the Farm Left the Farm 



Highest School Attended Number ^ ^ ,' Number r^ ,' 



2d Grade or less 4 2.7 6 11.1 



3d to 5th Grades 37 25.3 10 18.5 



6th to 7th Grades 64 43.8 12 22.2 



8th Grade 25 17.2 4 7.4 



High School 14 9.6 14 25.9 



College 1 .7 6 11.1 



Professional School .0 2 3.2 



Agricultural School 1 .7 .... 



Total 146 54 



Table XI gives the corresponding figures for the girls in the same 

 neighborhood. 



TABLE XL— EDUCATION OF COUNTRY GIRLS 



,,;• ( Wives of Men Girls Who ^-- , 



Wives of • r\,^u c ,-• (jirls at 



T- m Other are Supporting tt 



Farmers r\ . • t-u i Home 



Occupations Ihemselvts 



Highest School Attended No. P. C. No. P. C. No. P. C. No. P. C. 



2d Grade or less 



3d to 5th Grades 12 14.4 3 14.3 .. 10 28 



6th to 7th Grades 34 41.0 6 28.6 10 28 



8th Grade 32 38.5 7 33.3 2 17 13 36 



High School 5 6.0 4 19.0 6 50 3 8 



College 1 4.8 3 25 .. 



Professional School 1 8 



Total 83 21 12 36 



Attention should be called here to the higher average education of the 

 girls. Of the total number of girls 52 per cent, went through the Eighth 

 Grade, or beyond, as against 33.5 per cent, of the boys. 



Attention should also be drawn to the fact that the education of the 

 young men who stayed on the farm is inferior to the education of those 

 who have left. Of the latter 41 per cent, have gone beyond the Eighth 

 Grade, as against 11 ])er cent, of the former. On the other hand, of those 

 who left 30 per cent, did not go beyond the Fifth Grade, while only 28 

 per cent, of those who remained did not go lieyond this grade. The great 



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