80 EDUCATION IN DAIRY FARMING, AND 



translations. In only one instance was there any unwillingness 

 expressed to answer our questions, and in this the director " did 

 not think it wise to tell foreigners what they were doing, as they 

 might copy the system to their detriment." The schools upon 

 which we remark are those only which are connected with dairy 

 farming to any considerable extent, and from one of these, the 

 school of Nsesgaard, we append an extract from an important 

 statement we have received, which in itself is one of the most 

 valuable educational tables which could possibly be furnished. 

 The results alone are interesting, but the method of arriving at 

 a knowledge of these results, which are everything to the farmer, 

 should be perpetuated wherever dairying is taught. The table 

 conveys several new lessons and much food for reflection, and is 

 generally connected with English weights and values. 



At the laboratorium at Copenhagen, considerable work is un- 

 dertaken in connection with the milk industry. We were shown 

 the whole plan of investigation in 1883, the year in which the 

 new building was opened by the director. Professor Storch, who 

 has now four assistants. 



NcGsgaard School. — This school is of considerable import- 

 ance in Denmark, as it is not only a school but an educational 

 farm, and provides instruction in dairying by means of lectures 

 and demonstrations for thirty hours weekly. The pupils are 

 required to take their turn at the practical work in the dairy 

 for nine months, each pupil receiving two courses of ten days 

 each in summer, and two courses of fifteen days each in winter. 

 They are not required to have any special knowledge of 

 dairying before entering the school, as is often the case. The 

 instruction given is claimed to be as extensive in the dairy 

 department as in the other department of the farm, but the 

 director says that the school does not profess to give pupils 

 more than a thoroughly good grounding. Young men only are 

 received, and they must be not less than eighteen years of 

 age. The course lasts for two years, and the fees payable are 

 £11 for the first year, and £9 for the second. The school is 

 endowed with a sum of money which was left in 1792 by 

 General Classen. 



From the rules and regulations of the school we extract the 

 following particulars: — The object is to impart such knowledge 

 to yoimg men of the peasant class as will be useful to them in 

 after life upon the farm or in the dairy. The manager, who is 

 also the head-master, must be a practical instructor. The 

 school is managed by trustees appointed under the will of the 

 founder. The pupils are divided into two classes, one class for 

 each year, and they devote one half the day to practical and the 

 other half to theoretical study. Each pupil is bound during the 

 hours devoted to the purpose to carry out the ordinary work of 



