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dairying is specially taught. There are, however, State colleges, 

 such as the Hampton Normal Institute and the Blacksburg 

 Agricultural and Mechanical College, which receives grants of 

 land from the Government. No farmers' meetings or dairy 

 conferences appear to be held in the State. 



Kentucky. — The Director of the Agricultural Station of 

 Kentucky at Lexington, Mr Scobell, says that he knows of no 

 dairy schools in his State, but that a J cent tax upon every 100 

 dollars taxable property in the State was made for the State 

 college and experiment station. One agricultural institute meet- 

 ing is held yearly, but there has been no grant for its support. 



Mississippi. — Professor Gulley, of the State College at Charl- 

 ton, says that dairying is only taught at his college, which received 

 during the past two years £5000 a year from the Legislature. 

 During the past four years there have been from five to ten 

 conferences each year, which have been conducted by the College 

 Faculty. For the purpose of carrying out these meetings, £1000 a 

 year has been granted. The students of the college have a regular 

 course of instruction in the theory and practice of dairying. 



Canada. 



I have received from the Ontario Agricultural College a copy 

 of the Report from the Professor of Dairying, addressed to the 

 Commissioner of Agriculture of Canada. It would appear from 

 this report that considerable work is being done, and has been 

 done by the Professor, Mr Robertson, who was sent to England 

 to the Colonial Exhibition in 1886, and who subsequently trav- 

 elled through Denmark in order to master the system adopted 

 there, and communicate it to interested persons in Canada. 

 The report contains some useful information, showing the inter- 

 est taken by the Government in connection with creamery man- 

 agement and dairy investigations in general. During the spring 

 term lectures are given at the college upon dairying, and during 

 the summer term practical instruction is given in butter-making. 

 Mr Robertson suggests that during the winter term a special 

 course of lectures on cheese and butter making should be ar- 

 ranged ; and adds, that a desire has been expressed for the forma- 

 tion of a dairy class, to be trained in butter-making at the Ontario 

 creamery during the forenoons, and to receive general instruc- 

 tions in dairying in the lecture-room during the afternoons. 

 September would be the most suitable month. Farmers' sons 

 and daughters, and others proposing to attend, are to address 

 the Dairy Department, Ontario Agricultural College, Guelph. 

 No fee will be charged. 



[Since this Eeport was completed, we have received full details of Dairy Edu- 

 cation in Canada, which is more extensive and more largely suhsidised than is 

 supposed — also from Spain, where the work has commenced. Additional informa- 

 tion has also been furnished by the Gevman and Danish Governments. AVe find 

 also that in Finland there are about a dozen practical Dairy Schools. ] 



