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engineering ; and the other the natural sciences, zoology, and 

 zootechny. A master gives instruction in primary education ; 

 there is also a veterinary surgeon who deals with his own 

 department ; a dairy director, a gardener, and a military 

 instructor. The committee of surveillance is composed of the 

 Inspector-General of Agricultural Instruction of the District, 

 who is president ; three members of the council-general of the 

 Department ; a professor of science attached to an establish- 

 ment of public instruction, and two leading agriculturists of a 

 department named by the Minister ; a medical man is also 

 attached to the establishment. Each pupil is required to 

 provide himself with a specified list of clothing, including a 

 ■uniform, two pairs of " sabots " (probably of wood), sheets, and 

 pillows, &c. ; he must also provide his own books and other 

 necessaries of instruction, and pay annually 32s. for his washing 

 expenses. The school is on the line between Paris and Cher- 

 bourg, the nearest stations being those of Carentan and 'Chef-. 

 du-Pont. 



Goetlogan. 



The practical dairy school of Coetlogan is established in the 

 chateau of the same name, which is upon the domain con- 

 nected with the farm school of Trois-Crox. It was created 

 by the Government at the request of the Chamber of Com- 

 merce of Rennes, and is maintained by subventions from the 

 Ministry of Agriculture. In the town of Rennes and the de- 

 partment of Ille-et-Vilaine every effort has has been made by 

 these authorities to provide the farming community of the 

 district with thoroughly practical instruction for young women, 

 such in fact as is afforded to young men at the farm school. 

 The directress of this dairy school is Madame Eugene Bodin, 

 who is assisted by her daughter, the actual work of cheese- 

 making and butter-making being in the hands of a dairyman 

 and his wife, with the full assistance of the pupils. Madame 

 Bodin tells us that if there were more pupils the manufacture 

 of both butter and cheese, which is an imjDortant industry in 

 the district, would be largely augmented. Pigs are bred, in 

 order to show how skimmed milk and whey may be utilised, 

 while dairy work is the essence of the teaching. Madame Bodin 

 adds that the pupils are kept informed with regard to the whole 

 work of a farm, in order that they may take their part in its 

 management in their future career. According to the pro- 

 granmie of the school, the term for studies last six months,' 

 although upon request those pupils who are sufficiently de- 

 serving may be authorised to remain an entire year. The cost, 

 including board and lodging, is £5 per quarter. Four purses or 

 exhibitions have already been placed at the disposition of 



