10 EDUCATION IN DAIRY FARMING, AND 



and one mile from the village of" Glasnevin. An area of 6. acres 

 17 poles (statute) is cultivated as a small spade-labour farm, 

 with the view of exhibiting a proper system of cultivating the 

 vast number of small farms in Ireland. An area of 22 acres 

 3 roods 7 poles has been set apart with a view of illustrating a 

 system of farm management adapted to the circumstances of 

 farmers Avhose holdings are large enough to give employment to 

 one or two horses. The remaining portion of the land forms 

 the large farm. The arrangements afford to the students as 

 complete an amount of information as possible upon every 

 branch of the business of farming, including dairy husbandry, 

 the fattening of cattle, the breeding and rearing of different 

 kinds of live stock, &c. 



The course of instruction imparted by the literary teacher 

 embraces all the branches which constitute a sound English 

 education, viz., English grammar and composition, arithmetic, 

 book-keeping, and mathematics ; natural philosophy, land sur- 

 veying, levelling, and mapping. Each of the lecturers of the 

 institution, viz., E. P. Wright, A.M., M.D., professor of botany ; 

 Sir C. A. Cameron, M.D., M.R.I.A., analyst; and C. Steel, 

 F.R.C.V.S., veterinary surgeon, delivers a course of lectures 

 every session. These lectures are illustrated by means of dia- 

 grams, collections of minerals, plants, &c., and chemical appa- 

 ratus. There is one session for young men of eight months in 

 the year^from 1st March to 31st October. Four classes are 

 admitted to the institution — 



1. Free intern or resident students, who are boarded, lodged, 

 and educated at the public exjiense, and who are admitted by 

 competitive examination. 



2. Paying intern students, a limited number of whom are 

 admitted upon certain conditions, and who are required to pay 

 a fee of £15 for the session of eight months, which includes the 

 cost of instruction, board, lodging, washing, and medical attend- 

 ance. 



3. Extern students, young men who board and lodge at their 

 own expense in the neighbourhood, and who pay a fee of £4 for 

 the session. 



4. National teachers — teachers of national schools, especially 

 of those with land attached, who are taken into residence for six 

 weeks. 



The female dairy pupils are admitted to the institution for 

 instruction in dairy management, and are under the supervision 

 of an experienced matron. The course includes — 



1. Instruction in the principles of feeding cows, calves, pigs, 

 and of the treatment of milk and its products ; poultry, and 

 their management. 



2. The practice of dairy work. The making of butter and 



