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tions, iiiclndiiiir ihv principal ii«!:riciil(ural (■oI!o<j:os in KuL^lnnd and 

 "Wales, as well as several a<;i-i(iiltnral and dairy schools. The attend- 

 ance on courses of lon<rer or shorter (hu-ation amounted to consider- 

 ably over 1,000. 



Huildin«rs are bein*; erected foi- a new college of afrricultuic lor 

 Manitt)l)a, established bv a recent session of the provincial legis- 

 lature, which appropriated $'200,000 for the pur|)ose. The college 

 is h)cated at AVinnipeg, and its piincii)al is W. J. Black, a graihiate 

 of the Ontario Agricultural College. Avho will have charge of the 

 work in animal husbandry. The principal buildings ccmsist of a main 

 building. 131 feet long by G7 feet wide and -) stories in height above 

 a high basement, and a science and dairy building, ()4 by 0(5 feet and 

 2 stories in height above a high basement. The main building is 

 of stone and white brick, and the science and dairy building of 

 brick, Avith a stone foundation. The main building, in addition to 

 providing laboratories, class rooms, a library, and an auditorium 

 with a seating capacity of upward of 500, will aiford temporary 

 accommodations for about CO students, the intention being to erect 

 a dormitory building when the increase in attendance warrants. The 

 basement and first floor of the science and dairy building will be 

 used for butter and cheese making, milk testing, home dairying, etc., 

 and the upper floor for laboratory and class room purposes. In 

 addition to these two buildings a power house, principal's residence, 

 live-stock auditorium, and horse and cattle barns are being ])rovided. 

 The horse and cattle barns are of modern design, and the live-stock 

 auditorium Avhich connects them Avill afford seating capacity for 

 about .300. The college farm consists of 117 acres, and is imme- 

 diately outside the city limits of AVinnipeg, on the Assiniboine River. 

 The college buildings are located on the banks of this stream, about 

 4 miles from the center of the city. A part of the farm will be 

 used for experimental work in agriculture, horticulture, and forestry. 

 The regular college course will extend over tAvo years, and Avill open 

 immediately after the fall Avork on Manitoba farms has been com- 

 pleted and close in time to alloAv students to reach home before the 

 spring Avork begins. There Avill be no rigid entrance examinations, 

 the main requirement being sufficient knoAvledge of the English lan- 

 guage to benefit by the lectures and practical experience upon a 

 farm coA^ering at least tAvo summers. A tuition fee of $10 per annum 

 will be charged, and board Avill be furnished at actual cost. There 

 will be special dairy courses in butter and cheese making to cover 

 from ten to "fourteen Aveeks. " The college in its teaching Avill be 

 practical in the highest possible degree. It Avill train practical 

 farmers, not educate them along lines calculated to lead young men 

 from the farm." 



The government of India has recently constituted a board of agri- 



