14 EDUCATION IN DAIRY FARMING, AND 



The fee for each term is £3, 3s., payable in advance. Non- 

 resident, or extern students, are admitted at a fee of 15s. for the 

 session. At the end of each term an examination is held under 

 the direction of the Commissioners of National Education, and 

 scholarships and prizes, presented by the Royal Dublin Society, 

 are awarded to the most meritorious students. Three scholar- 

 ships are offered for competition at the end of each session, and 

 are awarded on total marks of over 75 per cent, gained for — 

 1. Proficiency as tested by examination ; 2. Butter-making; 3. 

 General dairy business ; 4. Best note-book. Other pupils who 

 pass creditably in those subjects are awarded such prizes as the 

 examiners may reconjmend. A scholarship consists of a free 

 place, value £3, 3s., for one session, to be held Avithin twelve 

 months from date of examination. Any pupil remaining two 

 sessions within twelve months, and passing the prescribed exam- 

 ination, is awarded a diploma. Instruction is also given in the 

 rearing and feeding of poultry, and in bee-keeping. Under the 

 superintendence of the ladies' committee, classes are held during 

 the dairy pupils' term for instruction in cookery and the econo- 

 mical management of food. Members of the ladies' committee 

 visit the school regularly during the dairy pupils' term. The 

 fees named above cover board, lodging, washing, and medical 

 attendance. In every case of contagious disease or severe illness 

 a student is sent home, or to a hospital approved of by the 

 medical attendant. 



Time Table. 



H. M. H. M. 



A. M. A. M. 



At 6 o Pupils rise. 



From 6 to 6 30 Dress, &c., devotional exercises. 



6 30 „ 7 Take part in milking cows, &c. 



7 „ 7 30 In dairy. 

 7 30 „ 8 Make up beds and house business. 



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„ ^ „ 9 Breakfast and free time. 



9 „ 10 Lecture : Explanation and Exaniina- 



p. M. tion. 



10 „ 1 Practical demonstration in dairy, and 

 p. M. general dairy business. 



1 ,, 2 Dinner and free time. 



2 „ 5 30 Part in dairy and part domestic busi- 

 ness, alternately. 



5 30 „ 6 Take part in milking cows, &c. 



6 „ 6 30 Dairy. 



6 30 „ 7 30 Supper and free time. 



7 30 ,, 8 30 Eeading on subject of Lecture, or 

 Needlework. 



„ 8 30 „ 9 Devotional exercises, and retire to bed. 



Mr Smyth gives us the following list of pupils which have 

 passed through the school in each year, and he adds that the 

 IJresent class, which opened on 4th January, has the full com- 



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