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which they are free until the call is made for tea at 5.30 or 6 

 o'clock, according to the season of the year. 



From 7 to half -past 9 in fall and winter, and from 8 to half- 

 past 9 in spring, they all study in their rooms under the snper- 

 ^'ision of the night watchman and one of the professors. Lights 

 are put out at 10, and the doors closed at half-past 10. The 

 half of every Saturday is a holiday, and every student, who is 

 not imder ban for some inisdemeanour, is allowed to be out one 

 evening in the week till half-past 10. Those who remain 

 during the summer term (July and August) work 91- hours 

 outside. 



It will be seen from the foregoing, that in adflition to the 

 occasional morning's work among the live stock, each student for 

 eight months of the year works four hours on every alternate 

 day, the remainder of his available time being devoted to attend- 

 ance on lectures and to private study, the latter being more or 

 less closely supervised by one or other of the professors. Each 

 student takes his turn at a great variety of jobs, clean and dirty, 

 easy and difficult, in fact, whatever falls to be done, without 

 favour or distinction. They are, however, paid for their labour 

 at the rate of from 5 to 10 cents (2^d. to od.) per hour, accord- 

 ing to their experience and the nature of the work done. 

 Under the system we have described, they have not only ample 

 opportunities of witnessing and having explained to them by the 

 Professor of Agriculture the practical carrying out of the theo- 

 retical principles set before them in the class-rooms, but they 

 also become acquainted with all the details of farming opera- 

 tions, by personally taking part in every department of farm 

 work. In short, they get an all-round agricultural education, 

 being thoroughly instructed in both its theoretical and practical 

 .sides. 



In this connection it may be mentioned that there are several 

 specimens — breeding animals — of all the principal varieties of 

 British breeds of cattle kept on the farm, so that the students 

 are made acquainted with the distinctive characteristics of each ; 

 in f;xct, special means are adopted to make them thoroughly 

 sound and intelligent judges of live stock. A class-room has 

 been fitted up for the express purpose of one or more animals 

 being brought into it, and the Professor of Agriculture is in the 

 habit of illustrating his remarks on the characteristics of dif- 

 ferent varieties of beef- producing and other breeds of cattle by 

 using the animals before him for his demonstrations. After 

 explaining the points of an animal, the professor makes every 

 student do the same thing in the presence of the class. He is 

 cross-questioned by his fellow-students as well as by his teacher, 

 and made to give evidence of his knowledge of the distinctive 

 breeds of beef and milk producing animals respectively, as well 



