AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION IN SCANDINAVIAN COUNTRIES. 707 



4 adJK niter, and 3 special teachers. There are about 50 students at the 

 college. The course of instruction is arranged for 2 years, beginning 

 November 1 and ending October 24, with a 3 weeks' vacation at Christ- 

 mas and 7 weeks in summer time. The students generally hold a 

 bachelor's degree, are graduates of Swedish technical institutions, or 

 have similar qualifications. The instruction consists of lectures, labora- 

 tory work, "rounds," and excursions. During the junior year 035 to 

 675 lectures and 123 hours of laboratory work are given, and during the 

 senior year 494 to 534 lectures, with 111 hours of laboratory work. 



"Rounds" are made twice a week in the stock stables during the 

 winter months by each class, under the direction, alternately, of the 

 professors of animal husbandry and of veterinary science. Rounds in 

 the creamery are made as suggested by the lectures in dairying, under 

 the direction of the professor of dairying; and rounds in the barns and 

 the fields are made occasionally during the winter, and regularly once a 

 week with each class during the summer, under the direction of the 

 professor of agriculture and economics. In all 6 or 8 geological excur- 

 sions are made during the summer and 2 botanical excursions a week 

 are made in the vicinity of the institute. Each summer an excursion, 

 the plan of which is carefully laid a long time in advance, is made to 

 estates at some, often considerable, distance from the institute. The 

 expenses of these excursions are borne by the institute. 



Two fellows (stipendiater) are appointed each year from the graduates 

 having the best standing. They have a scholarship of 300 crowns 

 ($81) a year, with free board aud room, and may be reappointed for a 

 second year. They do not ordinarily take part in the instructional 

 work in the institute, but are free to devote themselves to special study. 

 Regular students pay a tuition fee of 175 crowns ($47.30) and for board 

 and room 500 crowns ($135) a year; special students (liospif<int<r) pay 

 75 crowns (about $20) a month. Four students, 2 in each class, are 

 given scholarships. 



The budget of the institute amounts to a little over $20,000, two- 

 thirds of which is covered by Government appropriations. The farm 

 connected with the institute contains 1,549 acres, and is well provided 

 with instructional facilities, laboratories, library, museum, aud farm 

 live stock. About 200 milch cows (largely Ayrshire blood), 30 working 

 horses, and 66 swine are kept. 



(2) Alnarp Agricultural and Dairy Institute (fig. 4) is located in the 

 southern part of Sweden, in the fertile province of Skaane, only about 

 20 miles from Copenhagen. 



As at Ultuna, the course of instruction lasts 2 years. Lectures and 

 recitations are given as follows: Junior year — Inorganic aud organic 

 chemistry (60 and 40 hours, respectively), with laboratory practice (about 

 250 hours) ; physics and meteorology (40 hours) ; geology (35 hours) ; anat- 

 omy and physiology (30 hours), with dissections ; zoology (6 hours), gen- 

 eral botany (30 hours), mechanics and engineering (30 hours), surveying 



