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The object and character of the winter schools are stated ])v Mr. 

 flonkins as follows: 



(d) The oljjoft of the aijrieultnral winter sehools is to eoiitimie the general echiea- 

 tion of young men wlio have left the elementary schools, as well as to give them 

 instrnetion in technical siil)jects hearing uiion agricnltnre, and in agriculture itself. 

 Only those young men are received into these schools whose final certificates from 

 the elementary schools show that they are in a position to profit by the instruction 

 which is given in the winter schools. 



{b) The instruction is arranged for two winter courses in such a manner that in 

 the first course the general education is continue<l and the groundwork for the sec- 

 ond course is laid. In the second winter the instruction given is chiefly technical. 

 Thirty-three hours in each week are devoted to the lessons, and the transfer of pupils 

 from the second to the first class depends upon the manner in which they pass tlieir 

 examination at the end of the first winter course. 



{(■) The instruction begins on the .Sd or 4th of November in each year, and con- 

 cludes with a public examination at the end of the following INIarch. During the 

 remaining seven months the pupils are employed on the farms of their jiarents or 

 ujion other agricultural holdings, and then the director of the school acts as a travel- 

 ing lecturer and adviser within the district for which the school has been organized. 



The foliowino- detailed plan of the studies will give a sufficiently 

 accurate idea of the scope of the instruction furnished at these schools: 



FIRST WINTER. 



Hours 

 A. — Natural science and agriculture: per week. 



1 . Elementary agricultural chemistry (inorganic) ) 



2. Mineralogy and soils I 



8. Zoology, especially of domesticated animals | 



4. [a) Cattle breeding and rearing - > 7 



{!>) Dairying > 



5. Physics (mechanics and electricity) 3 



6. Farm management, bookkeeping, etc 5 



B. — General education: 



7. German language 5 



S. Arithmetic, land surveying, and leveling 4 



9. Drawing 2 



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SKCOND WINTER. 



A.— Natural science and agriculture: 



1. Elementary agricultural chemistry (organic) 7 



2. («) Botany and vegetable physiology (general) - "i 



(h) Agricultural botany and vegetable physiology, including plant > 7 



diseases, irrigation, and gardening J 



3. Physics and meteorology (including light and heat) 3 



4. Farm management (capital, labor, and organization) 5 



B. — General education: 



5. German language 5 



6. Arithmetic, land surveying, and leveling 4 



7. Drawing 2 



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