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chemistry '>f milk. :ii 1 ustructum is also itrovided in dressing and trussing 

 jjoultry. 



Field experiments are c-arried out at various ccMters tlu-ougliout the county. 



Arrangements are made for supplying farriery instruction at suitahle centers. 



Agricultural, liorticultur.il. (hiirying. and p(»ullry scjiolai-ships. tenalile at 

 various institutions, are awarded hy tiie t<"chnii-al education conniiitlce. 'IMie 

 county also contributes to the maintenance of the agricultural department of 

 Cambridge University by means of an annual grant. 



Particulars of the work carried out in 1899-1000 are as follows: 



Cent nil JahonttoricH. — The two agricultm-al courses at the county laVmrato- 

 ries, Chelmsford, were attended by 1(» and It pupils, respectively ; the three 

 elementary horticultural eour.ses were attended bj- an average of It jtninls, and 

 the advanced course of four weeks attracted 10 students. 



Ar/rici(ltiirr. — Courses of fi-om 4 to S lectures were given on chemistry as 

 apjilied to agriculture at 11 centers (average attendance, HO) and of ."» lectures 

 on agricultural biology at 3 centers (average attendance, 15). 



Dairying. — The traveling dairy school visited 9 centers: the number of 

 pupils was 102, of whom 82 took the full course of nine days. Lectures on 

 dairy bacteriology and the chemistry of milk were given at each class. 



Hart Iriilt lire. — Courses of 1 to t>, and in one case 10, lectures were given on 

 horticulture at 41 centers (average attendance, 18). 



Poult ri/ rearinfr. — Lectures, usually 4 each, were given at 14 centers ; the 

 average attendance was 27. 



Manual processes. — Instruction was given at 12 centers in plowing, sheep- 

 shearing, hay binding, and farriei-y, a second class being held at one of them. 

 The number of lessons varied from f) to 12; the total number of students 

 was 172. 



Visit to Holland. — An excursion to Holland was organized by the technical 

 education committee for Essex farmers with the object of studying agricultural 

 education and the organization ajid practice of the agricultural industry in that 

 country. 



Local committees. — In addition to the above, classes and lectures were organ- 

 ized by local committees throughout the county, consisting of 5 on bee keeping, 

 with KiO students; ft on fai'riery, with 111 students, and 3 on live stock, with i')2 

 students. 



Scholarships. — Two horticultural scholarships of lAvt each, tenable for two 

 years at the Swanley Horticultural College or the Royal Horticultural So- 

 ciety's gardens, at Chiswick, were awarded in 1899-1000. Four dairy scholar- 

 ships, tenable for five weeks at the British Dairy Institute. Reading, and five 

 poultry scholarships for the three weeks' course at the Eastern Comities Dairy 

 Institute, tpswich, were also awarded. 



E.ijicrinients. — Experiments were made on the treatment of rotation crops and 

 permanent pasture, the residual value of manures, the preventiow of clover sick- 

 ness, etc., at 21 centers. Exi)lanatoi'y lectures were given, and an exhibition of 

 specimens of the experimental crops was jirranged af the agricnltm-al show. 



County or Kent. 



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The principal center for agricultural instruction in the county is the South- 

 eastern Agricultural College, Wye, which is supported by the county in con- 

 junction with Surrey. During the year 1899-1000 20 students from Kent 

 attended the college, and. with one exception, were present throughout that 

 period. In addition, the college undertakes to deliver a certain number of out- 



