2 BULLETIN 213, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



16 in the Middle Atlantic, 31 in the East North Central, 86 in the West 

 North Central, 15 in the South Atlantic, 36 in the East South Central, 

 50 in the West South Central, 6 in the Mountain, and 7 in the Pacific. 



SCHOOLS REPORTING SCHOOL FARMS AND FARM ANIMALS. 



Of the 27 special agricultural schools, 25 reported that they had 

 land and 2 that they had none. Of the 259 high schools, 166 reported 

 land, and of the 101 normal schools, 66. Of schools with land, 

 20 of the 25 special schools, 43 of the 166 high schools, and 19 of the 

 66 normal schools reported that they had farm animals. In other 

 words, of the 257 schools with land only 82 reported farm animals. 

 In many instances the farm animals consisted of a horse or team 

 which was used on the farm and for driving by the instructor in agri- 

 culture. 



SIZE AND TENURE OF THE FARMS. 



The reports indicated that 40 of the 257 school farms had 1 acre or 

 less; 23, 2 afcres; 23, 3 acres; 10, 4 acres; 21, 5 acres; 16, 6 acres, and 

 the remainder had 6 acres or more. In other words, over one-half of 

 the 257 school farms had 6 acres or less. There were 58 farms with 

 over 20 acres. The records of the College of Agriculture of the Uni- 

 versity of Minnesota showed that one-half of the school farms in that 

 State were rented. There is no information to indicate whether this 

 is true in other States or not, but in several States the law requires 

 that the farms shall not be leased for less than five years, which would 

 indicate that the schools could use rented land. 



USE MADE OF THE FARMS. 



The reports show that of the 257 school farms, 150 were growing 

 corn; 129, garden crops; 84, potatoes; 75, oats; 61, alfalfa; 42, cotton; 

 35, wheat; 29, clover; and 20, sweet potatoes. 



Out of the 3,900 acres reported by 84 schools, only 12 acres belong- 

 ing to 22 schools were reported as being used for the raising of labora- 

 tory material. Twelve of the 84 schools reported a total of 10 acres 

 used for projects for individual pupils Fifty- two acres were reported 

 as used for school gardens. Some of the larger uses to which the 

 land was put were 827 acres for crop rotation, 593 acres for general 

 demonstrations, 382 acres for raising pure-bred seed for distribution 

 among the farmers and the pupils, 206 for dormitory supplies, 166 

 for fertilizer demonstration, and 166 for general experiments. 



IS A SCHOOL FARM NECESSARY? 



A question was asked as to whether the school could conduct its 

 agricultural instruction without a school farm. Of the 104 schools 

 which reported having land 39 replied "yes" and 65 "no." If the 



