40 EDUCATION IN DAIRY FARMING, AND 



writing, _ and arithmetic. The course lasts six months. The 

 fees for instruction, board, and lodging amount to 50s. monthly. 

 The sum received from the State amounts from £75 to £120 

 per annum, which is paid for the instruction of pupils whose 

 parents are unable to afford it for themselves. The farm in 

 connection with the school comprises 312 acres of ploughed land, 

 with 62 acres of meadows and garden ; the cattle are of the 

 Oldenburgher race; 15 horses are also kept, and 20 fatten- 

 ing pigs.^ One-half of the milk produced is sold direct. The 

 half-year's course is divided equally into two parts; in the 

 first, the pupils learn the dairy work and book-keeping, and in 

 the second, the management of the stock. Pupils must be at 

 least sixteen years old, and those who do not desire to go through 

 the full course can enter the school as " hospitantinen," when 

 they are required to pay higher fees. 



Grimlichenberg Dairy School— This school, which is one of 

 three of the kind controlled by the agricultural societies of 

 Dresden, Leipzig, and Chemnitz, is for the instruction of young 

 women in practical dairy work and housekeeping. The course 

 lasts for from four to six months ; the pupils pay £10 for the 

 first period and £12, 10s. for the second period, which includes 

 board and lodging. Instruction is practically free, although it 

 costs the school from 50s. to 60s. per month, one-half the 

 expenses being provided by the State. The girls must be at 

 least sixteen years old, and they are taught book-keeping, the 

 feeding of cattle, poultry, and swine, milking, the manufacture 

 of butter and cheese, and the various duties of the house, 

 including— and this is worthy of notice, for it is the first case of 

 the kind in which we have found such subjects form part of the 

 curriculum— the preservation of fruits, the manufacture of fruit- 

 wine and the system of drying fruit, which instruction is of a 

 most valuable kind. Among the clothing which they are 

 required to bring must be wooden shoes. The farm comprises 

 125 acres, on which 30 cows, 10 young cattle, and 20 pigs, with 

 poultry, pigeons, and ducks, are kept. The cattle are stall-fed 

 throughout the year, and the calves are hand-fed by the pupils 

 from birth. The butter, sold in ^ lbs., is not touched by the 

 hand, and realises a high price. The cheese made includes 

 Neuchatel, Romatour, sweet milk, and curd cheeses. We thank 

 Director Schulze for his very full account of the school. 



Ober Cunnersdorf.—The Dairy School of Obcr Cunnersdorf 

 was established for the purpose of instructing the daughters 

 of small proprietors in the management of cattle, manufacture 

 of cheese and butter, and general dairy work. The course of 

 instruction lasts three months. 



Heinrichsthal. — The important school of Heinrichsthal, near 

 Radeberg, was founded in 1880 for the instruction of young 



