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frequeiith' used as designating- economical farm management, and the 

 branch of study which we arc now considering is designated "rural 

 economics." In some of the schools this branch, in connection with 

 rural laws, is optional. The topics studied in a number of institutions 

 are here briefly outlined. 



Eiluihur(j]i School of Agridnlturai Science. — Food supply of the 

 United Kino-dom. Wajjes of agricultural labor. Profits of farms. 

 Kent of land and cause of its variation. Contracts for the hire of 

 land. Kisks of long leases. Compensation for improvements. Fixity 

 of tenure and its effects. Prices of agricultural products. Foreign 

 competition. Kfi'ects of appreciation of gold and depreciation of 

 silver. Efiects of various imperial and local taxes on agriculture. 



TJniveralty of Aberdeen. — This institution ofl'ers a course of fifty 

 hours in economic science as applied to agriculture in connection with 

 farm bookkeeping. The lectures treat of general and agricultural 

 economics. Under the last-mentioned study the following are the 

 principal topics considered: 



Kent (if land and the caust- of it.s variation. Pnjtits of the farm. Wages of labor. 

 Variations in efficiency of agricultural lalxir. Contracts for the hire of lands. 

 Leases. Compensation for improvements and dilapidations. Fixity of tenure. 

 Prices of agricultural produce. Food supply of the United Kingdom and foreign 

 competition. Imperial and local taxes in relation to agriculture. Instruction in 

 farm Ixjokkeeping and aicounts i.-i alf^o given. The text-book studied in connection 

 with the course in economics is Walker's Elementary Lessons in Political Economy. 



EdhihurgJt and East of Scotland Agricultural College. — A course of 

 fifty lectures on economics as applied to agricidture is given in Edin- 

 burgh University by the professor of political economy. 



Royal Agricultural College and Farm.^ Cirencester. — Laws of landed 

 estates. Landlord and tenant. Highways and rights of way and 

 water. Master and servant as affecting farmers, land stewards, and 

 land agents. Farm animals — sale, purchase, hire, riding, and driving. 

 Cattle diseases acts. 



Durham College of Science. — The agricultural department of this, 

 institution gives a course in estate management, which includes a 

 stud}' of the laws relating to landed propert}'. 



S<nitheastern Agricultural College., l^l/'S Kent. — A course in agricul- 

 tural law. Principles and practice of ordinary tenant right, and other 

 valuations, with a knowledge of valuation tables. Nature and incidence 

 of local and other ta.xation, and the various public and other charges 

 affecting landed and hou.se property. 



Such matters as outlay or investment in agriculture are treated in 

 the cour.se on agronomy. 



AUSTRIA. 



An outline of rural economics and allied studies as taught in the 

 llochschule fiir Poden!:ultui\ the hiohest airricultural institution of 



