50 EDUCATION IN DAIRY FARMING, AND 



and housekeeping. The milk of from 12 to 16 cows is daily 

 converted into butter, and new and skimmed milk cheese. 

 Instruction is given in general dairy work and calf-feeding. 

 There is also a theoretical course under Herr Becklinsen, 

 The fees are £15 per half year, or £25 per year. 



HOLSTEIN. 



Lensahn. — The Dairy School of Lensahn, which was opened 

 in July 1883, is intended to prepare young men to be efficient 

 dairy farmers, and to instruct farmers themselves in dairy work. 

 The milk passed through the dairy daily is from about 200 

 cows, and it is chiefly separated by Lefeldt's new separator 

 and the cold setting systems. This milk is manufactured 

 into the finest butter, and Holstein, Luneberg, and Dutch 

 cheeses, the refuse going to swine. Pupils commence with 

 theoretical instruction, which is given by Mr Gavel, the 

 director, who subsequently introduces stock management, and 

 the technical subjects, with book-keeping. There are three 

 courses yearly, commencing 1st May, 1st November, and 1st 

 January respectively, the first course being devoted to theoretical 

 study. The fee, which includes lodging and board at the 

 director's table, is £20 for the six months' course, of which £15 

 is paid on admission, and the balance at the end of three 

 months. For a three to four months' course, the fee is £15 ; 

 arrangements can also be made for a longer or shorter resi- 

 dence. 



Italy. 



For the very voluminous information which we have received 

 with regard to the system of agricultural instruction in general 

 and dairying in particular, we have especially to thank Dr 

 Miraglia, the Director-General of Agriculture, who very gene- 

 rously supplied us with the most complete published details 

 which we have seen in connection with any country ; Professor 

 Zanelli, the director of the Government Dairy Station at 

 Reggio, in Emilia ; and Dr Jacopo Rava, of the Dairy Experi- 

 mental Station at Lodi — these being the two leading institu- 

 tions in Italy in connection with dairy farming. Italy of all 

 countries is wonderfully provided with means of practical and 

 theoretical study in all that concerns agriculture. There are 

 twenty-one royal agricultural schools and seven special schools, 

 of which one is solely for the instruction of students in dairy 

 farming and dairy work. There are also seventeen superior 

 and five inferior normal schools of agriculture, as well as ten 

 schools for females. In addition to these there are twenty 

 elementary schools of various kinds, designed for the study of 



