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(3) The agricultural schools, which are branches from the high 

 schools, having agriculture and the natural sciences for the principal 

 subjects of instruction. There are now 44 of these schools, 14 main- 

 tained entirely separate from the high schools, 1 a separate dairj^ 

 school, and 29 associated with high schools. Admission to these 

 schools is limited to persons from 18 to 25 3"ears of age who have had 

 at least one year's experience in practical farming. A demonstration 

 station is connected with the agricultural school at Dalum and experi- 

 ment stations with those at Ascov and Lyngby. 



(4) The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural Institute at Copenhagen, 

 which enrolled during the year preceding the visit of the commission 

 about 300 students, 130 of whom were students m agriculture proper, 

 while the remainder were students of forestry, horticulture, land sur- 

 veying, and veterinary science. State aid to the Royal Veterinary 

 and Agricultural College amounted in 1904 to $71,780, and to experi- 

 ment stations and demonstration fields to .$14,550. The people's 

 hign schools and agricultural schools were also aided bv the Govern- 

 ment to the extent of $37,345. 



FRANCE. 



The French ministry of agriculture issued a decree December 20, 

 1905, establishing a professional dairy school at Surgeres (Charente- 

 Inferieure), under the direction of M. Dornic, director of the dairy 

 station at that place. A winter school of agriculture has been 

 established at Troyes (Aube). The course of study is to extend 

 over two wmter terms running from November to March. This 

 year, however, the school did not open until January 3. A poultry 

 husbandry school has been established at Gambais ( Seine-et-Oise) , 

 and opened its doors for the first practical course of three months 

 February 1. 



A school of agriculture has been established at Hennebont (Mor- 

 bihan) , which is well equipped with land for demonstration purposes, 

 orchards, domestic animals, and other agricultural material. 



GERMANY. 



The enrollment of students for 1905 in a number of German insti- 

 tutions showed a large increase over the enrollment for 1904. At the 

 Agricultural High School in Berlin there were enrolled for the winter 

 term 893 as compared with 865 in 1904; at the Agricultural Academy 

 at Bonn 501 as compared with 422 in 1904, and at the University of 

 Breslau the agricultural students number 140 as compared with 129 

 in 1904. , 



A chair of fishery and fish breeding has been established at the 

 Agricultural High School of Berlin and wdll be occupied by Dr. P. 



