DAIRYING IN EUROPE AND AMERICA. 89 



Degeberg, Kilagarden, Saby, Brogard, Sahlsta, Trystorp, Stjern- 

 sund, Hedensberg, Berga, and Svensksund. 



In the north of Sweden, where no good dairy farms are to be 

 seen, the Government has started two dairy schools for girls. 

 These are Robertsfors and Husa. There are six girls at each 

 school, and the Government pays £106 yearly to each. The 

 girls must do the whole work in the dairy, and milk the cows 

 and feed the calves. They are taught dairy management, arith- 

 metic, writing, spelling, reading, book-keeping for dairy pur- 

 poses, and the management of the steam-engine and separators. 

 The girls pay nothing for their education. These schools are 

 also inspected by the Government teacher. 



To an agent in Manchester the Government pays £335 yearly. 

 His duty is to establish agencies or depots for the sale of Swedish 

 dairy produce. The whole sum paid by the Government for 

 dairy purposes is about £2000 per annum ; but there are also 

 twenty-eight agricultural associations, each of which provides 

 a travelling teacher. These teachers are entirely paid by the 

 associations, so that in all the money annually expended for 

 dairy education is £5000. 



Norway. 



Mr Chr. Tobiesen, the State Dairy Inspector, kindly informs 

 me that only one State-aided dairy school exists at present, viz., 

 the " Brandbo " Dairy School at Hadeiand, for male pupils only. 

 During the present spring (1888) two additional schools are to 

 be opened — one in the north of the country for male pupils, and 

 the other in the districts of the west for females. The Royal 

 Society for furthering the welfare of Norway, " Det kongelige 

 Selskab for Norgesvel," having for several years contributed 

 towards the promotion of dairy instruction, supports five dairy 

 schools for female pupils. The rules for the Brandbo Dairy 

 School will show the plan on which they are arranged, and 

 which is also intended to be adopted in the case of the other 

 schools. No fees are required of the pupils at the dairy schools. 

 The State contributes to the Brandbo Dairy School the sum of 

 kroner 2000 (£111), and equal amounts will also be granted to 

 the other schools. Of this allowance the sum of kroner 1250 

 (£69, 5s.) is applied to the board and lodging of five pupils, and 

 the remainder, kroner 750 (£41, 5s.), to increase the salaries of 

 the manager and the teacher. The State has granted for dairy- 

 ing purposes for the revenue year 1887-88 the sum of kr. 20,000 

 (£1111), to be applied to the dairy schools and to experiments 

 in the making of cheese, Norwegian and foreign varieties, and 

 to defray the expenses of dairy farmers and dairywomen study- 

 ing dairying or cheese-making abroad. Mr Tobiesen also sends 

 me annual reports on the measures taken by the Government 

 to promote dairying, and of the Agricultural College of Aas, 



