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EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



The instruction during the first year covers composition, arithmetic, 

 mathematics, biology and botany, chemistry, physics, and dairying; and 

 during the second year, animal husbandry (anatomy, breeding, and feed- 

 ing), agriculture, agricultural physics, economic botany, farm machinery, 

 dairying, veterinary science, farm bookkeeping, written exercises, draw- 

 ing, and surveying. There are 3 regular teachers and 1 extra teacher 

 connected with the school. The theoretical instruction occupies 3 hours 

 daily, with practical exercises in field work in the afternoon. 



There are several other elementary agricultural schools in Denmark, 

 as shown by the following table, which contains information concerning 

 their establishment, courses, total and average number of students, etc. : 



Main elementary agricultural schools of Denmark (1895). 



Name. 



Classen . 



Location. 



District (amt). 



Year 



estab- 

 lished. 



Nasgaard. Lolland and Falster 



Odense ! Odense ... Fyn 



Lyngby ... Lyngby .. Seeland. 



Tune Taastrup do 



Ladeluud . . Brorup ...'J utland . 



Daluin Odense ... Fyn 



Mailing Mailing... Jutland. 



1849 



1855 

 1867 

 1871 

 1879 



1886 



1889 



Length of courses. 



2 years' course with 9 

 months each year. 



9 months 



6 and 10 months 



6 and 9 months 



5 months 



6 months 



6, 9, and 12 months 



Total 

 number 

 of stu- 

 dents. 



431 



1,030 

 2,434 

 3,037 

 1,663 

 a 849 

 6 265 



Average 



number 



of stu 



dents per 



year. 



18 



26 

 107 



74 

 103 

 106 



36 



re Agricultural. 



b Dairying. 



Other agricultural schools are in operation at Lumby (established in 

 1858), Emdrupborg (1874), Faurbogaard (1875), Vinding (1878), Greis- 

 dalen (1879), Morso (1884), Klank (1885), Ydiug (1889), Graneli, Aarup, 

 and Oddense. 



The number of young farmers who have received instruction in these 

 schools up to the present time doubtless considerably exceeds 10,000. 

 This is a remarkable showing, considering that the total population is 

 only a little more than two million people (farming population, one and 

 one-third million), and that it is less than 50 years since the first 

 school began its work. The elementary agricultural schools of Den- 

 mark have of late years been frequented by more than 500 students 

 annually, nearly all of whom are sons of Danish farmers and have 

 chosen farming as their occupation. 



Elementary agricultural schools in Finland. — As stated in the intro- 

 duction, Finland has two intermediate agricultural schools, Kronoborg 

 Agricultural Institute and Harjus Agricultural School. The former was 

 established in 1874. Two different courses in agriculture are offered, 

 one lasting 2 years and the other 1 year. A dairy course is also given. 

 The Government grants scholarships to 20 pupils. Other students pay 

 20 marks ($4) a month for lodging and board. During 1893-'94 the 

 institute was attended by 43 students in the 2 years' course, 11 in the 

 1 year course, and 14 in the dairy course, a total of 68 students. The 

 instruction offered is both theoretical and practical. In 1893-'94 the 



