8 BULLETIN 218, 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. 
| . 
| Average 
Total | Number! maxi- 
nebo EE ember not living; mum dis- 
Geographic divisions studying | Urine a | vine ai | abies 
= salen farms. |onfarms.| school | which pu- 
; year. pils are 
drawn. 
Miles 
IN ety LOpiNa ENG a 52 Oe ee See na ea aoa em oe 272 162 29 81 h 
TG STDS op Fe (Se a eee ae SN eee a 391 | 224 132 35 7. 36 
BAST NOLL MCN iralen os. - menses e eee eee eee oie 245 78 106 61 9. 40 
MueciOrin Central: jecter8 6 2.52. a0. a oone are tek 3, 233 1, 233 1,546 454 11.30 
SOTA E) AMIR hn eS eee Seema ie Reeser ee ae woes 447 219 106 122 18. 12 
NSSHOOULO Contras se osees «Seace cae fe eee es 801 259 187 355 21. 69 
VSS IO CEEIENCOULE BU ee See oa eee aienie ce ho eee hao c = 481 181 266 34 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. 
