form of agricultural work ; 95 per cent, are thus engaged in some kind 

 of agricultural work. 



VALUE OF HIGHER EDUCATION TO THE FAKMER. 



In connection with the farm management investigations of the Col- 

 lege, some very suggestive evidence has been secured showing the money 

 value of education in farming. In a number of townships all of the 

 farms were visited and accurate data obtained from the farmer show- 

 ing his income from his own labor. In deriving the farmer's labor in- 

 come, from the gross receipts there were deducted all expenses, 

 including those for labor other than that of the farmer himself, five per 

 cent, interest on capital invested and a charge for depreciation in 

 apparatus, tools, etc. Eecord was also made of the highest school the 

 farmer had attended. Complete data were secured from 573 men. The 

 results were as follows : 



Number of Average labor 

 farmers income 



Attended district school only 398 $318 



Attended high school or equivalent 165 $622 



Attended college or university 10 $847 



It might be assumed that these differences were due to the high 

 school men having had better farm opportunities. To eliminate this 

 difference, the farms were arranged in groups having equal capital : 



From this table it appears that in every group the men having the 

 highest education made the best use of their capital. From the first 

 table we see that there is an increase of $304 per year in labor income 

 of those men who have attended high schools. Therefore we may con- 

 clude that "a high school education is Avorth more to these farmers 

 than an endowment of $6,000 in 5 per cent, bonds." 



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