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The ages of the pupils at the winter schools vary from 15 to 30 

 3^ear.s, and the school is divided into two classes, the lower of which 

 is regarded as prcparator}- to the higher in the following winter. In 

 one school referred to by Mr. Jenkins as typical there was the director, 

 who was also the itinerant lecturer of the district, and seven assistant 

 teachers, all eniploj^ed in teaching about forty pupils. The salary of 

 the director is $750 per year. 



The following set of printed instructions issued b}^ the president of 

 the Agricultural Societ}^ of Rhenish Prussia gives in detail the duties 

 of the director of the winter school, and also his work as agricultural 

 itinerant lecturer: 



During the five winter months, from the first of November to the first of April, the 

 director is to give instruction in his school in natural science and in agriculture. The 

 remaining seven months he is to spend as itinerant lecturer in his school district. 



His services belong entirely to the society, and he is not permitted to undertake 

 any other professional occupation. 



In his double capacity of director of the school and traveling lecturer he has to 

 cooperate not only with the several branches of the Agricultural Society of Rhenish 

 Prussia, but also with the agricultural authorities and the school inspectors of his 

 district, and to use every means to specially interest the latter in the school intrusted 

 to his care. 



He is expected to visit the burgomasters, the chief officials of the place, the clergy, 

 the schoolmasters, and the principal landowners of his district, with a view of inter- 

 esting them likewise in the school. 



THE DIRECTOR AS AGRICULTURAL ITINERANT LECTURER. 



During the months in which there is no school the director of the 

 winter school spends hi.s time as agricultural itinerant lecturer in his 

 school district. 



(1) After having agreed with the president of the society and with the directors of 

 the several divisions of his school district, he is to travel through the said district to 

 deliver his lectures, to study the existing agricultural conditions, to point out defects 

 to those concerned, to explain their causes, and to specify the ways and means for 

 their improvement. 



He is to use his influence toward ])r(>motiiig the execution of such im])rovements 

 and to see that they are carried out. 



He has to pay special attention to the aims which the individual farmers have each 

 in view and to the arrangements made for the attainment of this end, and to note 

 whether aim and arrangement are suited to the circumstances. Further, he must 

 direct his attention to the animals, their breeding and use, the number and fitness 

 of the male animals, the manner of feeding, the stabling and the management of the 

 manure heaps, the condition and extent of the arable land and pasturage in propor- 

 tion to the live stock, the implements employed and desirable additions, how far 

 artificial manure is used, the draft animals, whetlierthe available capital is sufficient, 

 purchase and rent value per acre according to the quality of the soil, drainage, foot- 

 [)aths, succession of croj)S, orchard management, horticulture, market gardening, 

 winter employment, and piecework. 



He must encourage parents to send their sons to the winter schools. During his 

 journeys he must endeavor to visit young men who, having gone through their coun^e 

 of studies, have returned home, and encourage them in their work. 



