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SUMINIARY. 



Tlu' institutions in Great Britain charged with oarryinfr <^n the 

 work of giving agricultural instruction may be grouped into two 

 distinct classes, not iu( luding the board of agriculture, which is the 

 head of the entire system. 



The first is composed of the -agricultural colleges and schools acting 

 as centers for groups of counties, and confining their efi'orts for the 

 most part to the development of education in the areas which have 

 been assioned to them. Their work consists in : 



I. The giving of advanced class-room instruction to resident stu- 

 dents. 



II. The establishing of secondary schools of agriculture through- 

 out their respective districts, usually confining the Avork of instruc- 

 tion to a single subject. 



III. The equipping of peripatetic schools which visit various 

 localities and give instruction to classes for periods of from one week 

 to ten or fifteen days, each course being limited to the treatment of 

 but one branch of agriculture. 



IV. The establishing and maintaining of experiment and demon- 

 stration farms throughout their several districts. 



The second class is made up of the county councils, who are in 

 control of technical education work in the several counties. Under 

 their direction are established : 



I. Secondary schools of agriculture maintained wholly or in part 

 by the county councils out of the excise fund. 



II. Itinerant schools which visit various parts of the several 

 counties and give short courses of lectures and demonstrations to 

 classes on agricultural sul)jects. 



III. Demonstration farms for testing the effects of various fer- 

 tilizers, the adaptil)ility of seeds, the value of various breeds of live 

 stock, methods of culture, etc. 



The county councils also : 



I. Establish and maintain scholarships in agriculture in the col- 

 legiate centers of their districts, available to young men of merit 

 who wish to secure an agricultural education. 



II. They likewise grant premiums for meritorious work in agri- 

 culture in their several counties. 



III. They aid their agricultural colleges by making annual api)ro- 

 priations for their support from the excise fund. 



IV. They cooperate with the board of agriculture of Great Britain 

 in devising and introducing improvements in agricultural education 

 throughout the Kingdom. 



The markf'd features of the system as a whole are: 

 I. That it reaches all classes of farmers in all parts of the country 

 with valuable instriiction. and does this systematically and every year. 



