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BULLETIN 213, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



$1,200 and $1,300. Thus far the land and the agricultural instructor 

 have been considered. The next and most important feature is the 

 pupil. 



SOURCE AND DISTANCE FROM SCHOOL OF PUPILS STUDYING 



AGRICULTURE. 



The returns indicated that 40 per cent of the pupils studying agri- 

 culture were living at home on farms, 40 per cent were living at home 

 but not on farms, and 20 per cent were boarding during the school 

 year. In other words, 60 per cent of the pupils studying agriculture 

 were from farm homes, and one-third of them were not at home during 

 the school year. In the East North Central and West North Central 

 States 43 and 47 per cent, respectively, of the pupils were not from 

 farms. In the New England and Middle Atlantic States about 60 per 

 cent were living at home on farms. The following table shows the 

 distribution by geographic divisions and by residence of the pupils 

 studying agriculture, as reported in the questionnaire: 



Sources of pupils studying agriculture. 



Geographic divisions. 



New England 



Middle Atlantic 



East North Central. 

 West North Central 



South Atlantic 



East South Central. 

 West South Central 



Total 

 number 

 studying 

 agricul- 

 ture. 



272 

 391 

 245 

 3,233 

 447 

 801 

 481 



Number 



living at 



home on 



farms. 



162 

 224 

 78 

 1,233 

 219 

 259 

 181 



Number 

 living at 

 home not 

 on farms. 



29 

 132 



106 

 1,546 

 106 

 187 

 266 



Number 



not living 



at home 



during 



school 



year. 



81 



35 



61 



454 



122 



355 



34 



maxi- 

 mum dis- 

 tance 

 from 

 which pu- 

 pils are 

 drawn. 



8.41 



7.36 



9.40 



11.30 



18.12 



21.69 



8.92 



Since such a large percentage of the pupils are not living at home 

 the average area from which they are drawn was ascertained. The 

 returns, as the above table shows, indicated that in the New England 

 and Middle Atlantic States the maximum distance is on the average 

 8 miles; in the East North Central and West North Central States 

 between 10 and 12 miles, and in the South, where the schools have a. 

 boarding department, the areas are even larger. If the student lives 

 more than 4 miles from the school and goes and comes each day, it 

 would be practically impossible for him to take any part in the farm 

 operations unless he did it on Saturday. 



