s of
that future are bound up. The young Bulgarian is born usually in the
country, and usually also as one of a large family. Here is an
interesting table--compiled before the war--showing at once the
proportion of urban and rural population and the prevalence of large
families in Bulgaria:

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| | Number of such || | Number of such |
| Number of| Families. || Number of| Families. |
|Members of|--------------------||Members of|--------------------|
| Families.| | In the || Families.| | In the |
| | In Towns.| Country.|| | In Towns.| Country.|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1 | 19,299 | 11,807 || 11 | 737 | 11,506 |
| 2 | 22,311 | 25,035 || 12 | 340 | 7,570 |
| 3 | 28,182 | 45,747 || 13 | 180 | 4,853 |
| 4 | 29,732 | 66,554 || 14 | 79 | 3,446 |
| 5 | 27,884 | 82,771 || 15 | 44 | 2,187 |
| 6 | 21,746 | 83,635 || 16 | 39 | 1,499 |
| 7 | 13,636 | 69,216 || 17 | 16 | 1,069 |
| 8 | 7,619 | 48,218 || 18 | 14 | 786 |
| 9 | 3,646 | 30,756 || 19 | 8 | 528 |
| 10 | 1,757 | 19,005 || 20 | 1 | 368 |
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The Bulgarian infant in the beginning of life will have no handicap of
artificial feeding. The "feeding bottle" is practically unknown in his
country. From the very early age of three this Bulgarian infant may
begin to go to school. Primary education is obligatory. The infant
schools are for the preparation of the children for the primary schools.
Infants between the ages of three and five years are admitted in the
lower divisions, and those between five and six in the higher division.
They are taught games, songs, drawing, manual work, and simple
arithmetic. The teaching in these schools is entrusted exclusively to
school mistresses.

The proclaimed object of the primary school is "to give the future
citizen a moral education, to develop him physically, and to give him
the most indispensable knowledge." The studies last four years. The
school year begins on September 1 and lasts, in the towns, until June
25,