42 EDUCATION IN DAIRY FARMING, AND 



Anna Heye. From ten to twelve cows are kept, and dairying of 

 a varied nature is conducted. The school receives £150 from 

 the State, and each pupil is required to pay £7, 10s. per 

 quarter, £12, 10s. per half, or £30 per whole year. The butter 

 is made from sweet cream, and is sent in boxes of 12 lbs. each 

 by post to Hanover, Bonn, and Bremen. The cheese made 

 includes Mecklenburg, Edam or round Dutch, Camembert, and 

 Limburg, — the two former being hard, and the two latter soft 

 cheeses. A native cheese is also made from sour milk. The 

 pupils spend three months in the cheese-room, in accordance 

 with their hours of instruction, three months in the butter 

 dairy, three months in the house, and a similar term in the 

 garden. We are informed by the directress that other schools 

 to be conducted upon this basis are now being created in 

 Germany, 



Nortrup. — The dairy school of Nortrup was opened in 1885, 

 and 6000 litres (1320 gallons) of milk is passed daily through 

 the dairy attached to the school. The implements and 

 machinery are of the newest description, including Lefeldt's 

 1885 model separator, Laval's 1886 model, and a Pasteuriser for 

 assisting in the preservation of milk, also a complete equipment 

 for butter and cheese making. The pupils are taught milk- 

 testing by means of the lactocrit and the lacto-butyrometer. 

 The courses are respectively for three, six, and twelve months, 

 but pupils are received at any time. 



Gross Himstedt. — This admirable dairy school, which is near 

 Hildeshenn, was opened in 1879 for the instruction of young 

 women in dairpng and housekeeping. Attached to the school 

 is a farm, supporting from 35 to 45 cows. Butter is made upon 

 the Swartz system in summer and the Holstein system in 

 winter, and a variety of new-milk and skimmed-milk cheese and 

 butter is made. The directress is JVIrs Anna Lohmann. The 

 courses last a whole year and a half year respectively, com- 

 mencing 1st April and 1st October. The fees for instruction, 

 board and lodging, with washing, are £22, 10s. for the whole 

 year, or £12, 10s. for the half year. For three months' teaching 

 the girls are charged £10, and two months £7, 10s., and for one 

 month £5. 



Banke. — This school, which is in Hanover, is conducted upon 

 the estate of Mr Harn, receives an annual grant from the State 

 of £50, and is intended to prepare young girls for their future 

 position as wives of dairy farmers, or positions where dairy 

 knowledge and housekeeping will be necessary. Instruction is 

 both practical and theoretical. The pupils learn cattle manage- 

 ment, dairying, gardening, and housekeeping. Mrs Ham is 

 conductress of the school, assisted by teachers provided by the 

 Provincial Union. The course lasts from 15th February to 



