72 EDUCATION IN DAIRY FARMING, AND 



Hours. II. Theory. 



1^2. The properties of milk, . . . .] 

 2-2h. The science of cheese-making, . . . | 

 2^3. The science of butter- making, . . . ^Director Diethelm. 

 3-3i. Management of cheese and of dairy im- | 



plements, J 



3^-4. The breeding and management of cattle 



and pigs in health and disease, . . Vet. Siegrist. 



The director at Sornthal states that an exammation is held 

 during each summer, when twelve persons compete at a time. 

 This commences about July 18, and lasts two days, the com- 

 petitors paying 3s. 3d. per day for board at the farm. The 

 pupils at the school pay £14 for the half year for board, instruc- 

 tion being free, except in some cases, in which only £6 to £8 is 

 charged. The expenses, which are borne by the Federal and 

 Cantonal Governments, amount to 12,000 francs per annum, or 

 £480. The cheese-making and farm are, however, private, but 

 as soon as the institution has developed it is stated to be the 

 intention of the Government to purchase the whole, and convert 

 it into an experiment station. For these particulars we are 

 indebted to Mr M. Diethelm. 



Sursee School. 



Herr Moos, the director of the winter school of Sursee, near 

 Lucerne, says — " Our institute is established by the canton of 

 Lucerne, with the assistance of a subvention from the Swiss 

 Confederation. It is a theoretical school, which exists for the 

 purpose of giving to young men of our agricultural canton 

 a necessar}^ knowledge of the theory of dairying. The young 

 men who are admitted to our winter courses are well accus- 

 tomed to the work of the fields, and they possess considerable 

 knowledge of the natural duties of the farm. The instruc- 

 tion lasts only during the winter, on account of the sj)ecial 

 position of agriculture in our country. In order to live carefully 

 and to gain time from work, the pupils are lodged in the estab- 

 lishment, where they are under the surveillance of the director 

 and his assistants, who are always ready to help the scholars in 

 their duties. The instruction is divided into two courses, in the 

 following order: — 1. A study of the natural sciences, so far as 

 will enable the students to understand agricultural chemistry, 

 zoology, botany, arithmetic, geometry, physics, the German lan- 

 guage, zootechny, the cultivation of plants, the physical and 

 climatic properties of the earth, and the means of modifying 

 methods of culture and manuring ; 2. The cultivation of agri- 

 cultural plants, principally forage plants — the feeding and breed- 

 ing of cattle — the dairy, with many practical demonstrations — 

 rural economy, and agricultural accounts. All these branches of 

 study are specially taught from the point of view of the agriculture 



