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while those appointed by the provincial administrations and agricultural corpora- 

 tions receive their remuneration from the funds of the particular province or tiu^ 

 private funds of the corporation. The provincial administration as well as the a>iri- 

 cultural corporations receive annually very important sul)sidies from the State for tiie 

 purpose of maintaining their itinerant agricultural instruction. The remuneration 

 of the professional expert is adjusted for each particular case and the amount is 

 governed by his standing in the line of work he represents and by the time he is 

 employed. 



This instruction does not always consist of single lectures, but very frequently 

 courses of lectures lasting several days, and even weeks, on widely different phases 

 of agriculture, are given. In this connection the courses on dairying, viticulture, 

 orcharding, etc., may be mentioned as enjoying special popularity. These special 

 courses are usually given under the auspices of local agricultural societies, which 

 draw for this purpose adequate subsidies from State and provincial funds. 



The special duties of the itinerant agricultural teachers, especially of those 

 appointed by the State and following the work as a profession, are usually outlined 

 in the contract or by particular rules relating to the service, and generally particular 

 stress is laid upon keeping in touch with the agricultural population of the district 

 and studying the wants and needs of the farmer instead of limiting themselves to 

 delivering lectures and giving instructions at regularly appointed times. 



Complete statistics on this phase of agricultural education can not be given, because 

 the data of the ministry of agriculture are limited to those lectures and courses for 

 which provision has been made by the State or General Government. Reports on 

 particular courses frequently appear in the agricultural press of the country, but 

 they are so numerous and so scattered that a compilation of them with a view to 

 covering the field is a matter of great difficulty. 



BELGIUM. 



There is an agricultural society in each province in Belgium, in 

 addition to the Central Agricultural Society of the Kingdom. Each 

 of the provincial societies holds annually an agricultural show or fair, 

 and a number of them have organized lecture courses upon agricul- 

 tural subjects, conducted by expert agriculturists who ^'isit the vari- 

 ous sections and give instruction upon subjects arranged under the 

 following classitication: (1) Agriculture for adult farmers and farmers' 

 wives; (2) agriculture for soldiers; (3) farriery; (i) arboriculture and 

 market gardening; (5) apiculture; (6) aviculture, and (7) miscellaneous 

 lessons and special lectures. There are also movable dairy schools 

 for women. 



The movable schools in agriculture were begun in 1887. Since the 

 organization of these courses up to 1903 3,643 lectures have been 

 given, attended by 163,055 pupils. In 1902 schools for women were 

 introduced, the lectures treating on household economy, hygiene, dairy 

 farming, household and farm bookkeeping, aviculture, gardening, and 

 the canning and preserving of fruits. During that year 16,312 per- 

 sons attended these schools of domestic economy. 



