AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH IN THE 

 SCANDINAVIAN COUNTRIES AND FINLAND. 1 



F. W. Woix, 

 Assistant Professor of Agricultural Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, 



HIGHER AGRICULTURAL INSTRUCTION. 



The institutions offering higher instruction in agriculture in the 

 Scandinavian countries and Finland are 5 in number: Aas Higher 

 Agricultural School, Aas, Norway (established 1859); Ultuna Agricul- 

 tural Institute, Ultuna, Sweden (established 1849) ; Alnarp Agricultural 

 and Dairy Institute, Aakarp, Sweden (established 1862) ; Eoyal Veter- 

 inary and Agricultural College, Copenhagen, Denmark (established 

 1773); and Mustiala Agricultural and Dairy Institute, Mustiala, Fin- 

 land (established 1810). 



All of these institutions are comparatively old, with traditions of 

 their own, and plans of instruction suited to the particular conditions 

 under which each institution is working. It is but natural, however, 

 that the educational system followed at the different colleges should 

 have been repeatedly modified and further developed in the course of 

 time during their existence. 



Higher Agricultural School at Aas. — At the present time the institu- 

 tions of Norway and Finland, Aas and Mustiala, respectively, are 

 under reorganization. In the former country the commission which 

 has had the subject under consideration has prepared an elaborate 

 report and recommended the organization of an agricultural college at 

 Aas, the purpose of which shall be "to impart instruction based on a 

 scientific foundation for the education of farmers, foresters, gardeners, 

 allotment officers (surveyors), and dairymen, and to promote scientific 

 research in the branches embraced by the college." The course is 

 planned to last two years for all students except those in forestry, 

 whose course lasts three years. The first year's studies are the same 

 for all students, and during the second year classes are formed in agri- 

 culture, allotment, horticulture, dairying, and forestry. The buildings 

 and increased instructional facilities rendered necessary by the reor- 

 ganization will be provided for by a special appropriation of 682,000 

 crowns ($185,000), of which sum 250,000 crowns, or nearly $100,000, is 

 for a new agricultural hall. The new college is planned to accommo- 

 date 120 to 150 students. The faculty will consist of a director, 11 pro- 



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