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of Switzerland. We have this year 45 pupils, who pay Is. a 

 day for their board, and this is their only expense, because the 

 school furnishes lodgings at the expense of the State, together 

 with linen, washing, &c. The budget of the school amounts to 

 about £300, two-thirds of which is paid by the canton of 

 Lucerne, and one-third by the State. The town of Sursee pro- 

 vides the buildings. &c. The school is found to answer the end 

 which was proposed for it, and it has become very popular. If 

 more considerable assistance were given, the money would be 

 used to augment the apparatus and instruments which are 

 required in the demonstrations, more especially in connection 

 with the analysis and examination of milk." 



Austria. 



So far as we have been able to ascertain, there are only two 

 important dairy schools in Austria, both of Avhich are fully 

 referred to below. Courses of special instruction, however, are 

 given at the locale of the Agriculture Society at Rotnolz, in the 

 Tyrol, by director Dr Tollinger, for seven weeks during January 

 and February, for four weeks in May, and six weeks in November 

 and December ; at St Michele, in the Tyrol, by director Mach, 

 Mr J. Samek, and Mr R. Rizzoli, in the German and Italian 

 languages for eight weeks, sixty gallons of milk being used daily ; 

 and at Voralberg, with the assistance of the officials of the 

 experiment station of Feldkirch. Here butter-making, cheese- 

 making, and Alpine dairying in theory and practice are taught. 

 Assistance is given by the Austrian Government, which also 

 maintains a number of travelling teachers and lecturers. 



The Dairy School of Sohle, Moravia. — This school was estab- 

 lished for the instruction of young women in dairy work, cow 

 management, gardening, and housekeeping, and commenced its 

 course on 1st October 1887. For its equipment it received a 

 sum of £500 from the Government, and a further sum of £500 

 from the Margravate of Moravia, the balance being paid by the 

 Agricultural Society of Neutitschein, and the whole cost having 

 been £1200. The annual cost of conducting the school is ex- 

 pected to reach £150, of which £50 will be paid by the State. 

 A dairy is attached to the school, and a herd of cattle, numbering 

 36, which are of the race of the country ; these are supple- 

 mented by pigs and poultry, in the management of which the 

 pupils are instructed. The pupils at the school are limited to 

 12 in number, and each pays a sum of 72s. per quarter for board 

 and lodging, with a 10s. entry fee, the teaching being gratuitous. 

 The director is Herr Karl Kolb, who is also director of the 

 Agricultural School of Neutitschein. The course of instruction 

 includes the breeding and management of cattle, pigs, and 

 poultry, milking, butter and cheese making, vegetable and fruit 



