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of nearly 00 cows. Resident aeoonimodatlon is i)rovicled for IS pupils. Tliei-e 

 were ~u pupils during tiic years lS!»I»-llH»(t, the averaf,'e len^tli of tiieir stay 

 l)eiuf^ twelve and one-half weeks. Seholarships tenable at this school are 

 granted hy the technical instruction committee, usually for ten weeks, hut this 

 period will in future be extended to twelve weeks. The total (if sudi st-holar- 

 ships (Ids. a week I held in 18!>!t amounted to M(i. There were also is duniestic 

 scholarships (£4 lUs. each), which include instruction in butter makiuir. ht'hl at 

 ihe institute in 1899-1900. 



r.ectures are given in the county on general agriculture, dairying, horticul- 

 ture. veteiMuary science, and bee keeping, r.-ii'ticulars of these for ISIi'.t P.KMJ 

 are as follows : 



Ai/riciilt lire. — Two lecturers were employed by the technical instruction cora- 

 uiittee to give 10 lectures a week each. Classes in the princi[)les of agriculture 

 were held in secondary schools (average number in class l.">) and similar in- 

 struction was also given in a few good elementary schools, where there was a 

 sulticient mnnber of boys of a suitable standard; 5 such schools were visited, 

 the class averaging 33. Evening courses of lectures were given at 13 centers 

 (average attendance 23) and of 1 lecture at ('> centers (average attendance 34), 

 and there were also special courses of two to three months or more at 3 centers. 



Ddiri/iiii/. — This form of instruction is given at farmhouses where possible. 

 Classes for both dairying and butter making lasting four days each were held 

 at 7 centers, the average attendance of pupils being 9 ; classes for butter 

 making only, lasting eight days, were held at 13 centers, the average attend- 

 ance being 13. A butter-making competition, at which students who made ."» or 

 more attendances were eligible to compete, was held in April. A dairy demon- 

 stration was also held at the Cheshire Agricultural Society's show at Northwich 

 in .Vugust. 



JhiiticiiltKrr. — Courses, usually of three lectures, were held at 8 centers (the 

 average attendance was 44), and a special lecture on fruit growing was given to 

 the members of the Nautwich Farmers' Club. 



Veterinary science. — Courses of 3 lectures were given at 5 centers; the aver- 

 age attendance was 30. 



Bee heepinfj. — Lectures were given at 8 centers. 



tSckolarshiiix. — In 1899-1900 there were '29 agricultural and borticnltural 

 scholarships held at the Holmes Chapel School. These scholarships, which 

 cover the expenses of board and fees, are granted for one year, but are renew- 

 able for a second and thii-d year if the reports as to progress and conduct are 

 satisfactory. At the Worleston Dairy Institute 3ti dairy sch(»larships and 18 

 domestic scholarships were held. The former are for a ten weeks' course in 

 dairy work, while the latter are for a nine weeks' course in i)utter making, 

 bread baking, cookery, laundry work, dressmaking, needlewoi-k. and sick 



nursing. 



K.rperiment!^. — Experiments were carried out under the direction of the staff 

 of Holmes Chai)el Agricultural School in the manuring of mangolds and swedes, 

 in the cultivation of different varieties of grain and i)otatoes, in charlock spray- 

 ing, and in seeding for grass. Separate reports, in pamphlet form, of the 

 first four were prepared and circulated. Invitations were issued to agricul- 

 tural bodies in the county to inspect the experimental plats at the farm, which 

 were freely accepted. Lectures in connection with the experiments were given 



at (! centers. 



County of Cumberland. 



Direct agricultural instruction is provided by the maintenance, in conjunction 

 with Westmoreland, of a dairy farm and school at Newton Kigg, near Penrith, by 

 a traveling dairv school and by migratory lecturers on various subjects. The 



