AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION IN SCANDINAVIAN COUNTRIES. 709 



1896 160 acres (65 hectares) were planted to sugar beets. The gross 

 receipts from the beet crops amount to about $13,000 annually. The 

 beets are sold, to the beet-sugar factory adjoining the estate. The 

 Government appropriation for the institute is 29,400 crowns ($8,000) 

 a year, and the budget about 60,000 crowns ($17,000). 



Institutions for higher agricultural education in Denmark. — Among 

 these is the Eoyal Veterinary and Agricultural College of Copenha- 

 gen, the oldest and largest of its kind in the Scandinavian countries or 

 Finland. The college was established by Dr. P. C. Abildgaard in 1773 

 as the Danish Veterinary School. It received State aid from the begin- 

 ning and became in 1776 a State institution, the Royal Danish Veteri- 

 nary School. The school was reorganized and enlarged in 1858, and its 

 name changed to that given above. 



A number of changes and improvements have been made in the 

 organization and plan of instruction of the college, the latest regula- 

 tions being issued in 1892. The college, as now organized, has 5 sepa- 

 rate departments, viz, veterinary, agriculture, land inspection (surveying, 

 corresponding to the proposed course in land allotment in Norway), 

 horticulture, and forestry. In addition there are post-graduate courses 

 for veterinarians and agricultural students, and also a school for 

 farriers. 



To be admitted as a regular student, the applicant must either have 

 a bachelor's degree or have passed the special entrance examinations 

 prescribed, including 3 foreign languages. Students in the veterinary 

 department are also required to pass an examination in Latin. There 

 is furthermore an opportunity to be admitted as a regular student by 

 special permission of the Department of the Interior. Special students 

 are admitted without entrance examinations and may receive diplomas 

 on the completion of the full course of study in any department. They 

 are, however, restricted from receiving any of the scholarships of the 

 college. Students must be at least 16 years old on entering the college, 

 but the average age is considerably higher, being over 20 years. 



The courses of study offered in the different departments are compre- 

 hensive and thorough, being designed to give to the student a liberal 

 technical training and a good knowledge of the scientific principles 

 underlying agriculture and kindred professions. The full course in 

 veterinary science lasts 4£ years, of which time the last half year is 

 devoted largely to practical work, hospital service, meat control, etc. 

 The course is divided into 3 divisions, the first division taking 1 year, 

 the second division 2 years, the third division, part 1, 1 year, and part 

 2, one-half year. At the completion of the work of each division, or 

 each part thereof, examinations are held in all studies taken. 



The course in agriculture lasts If years, and is divided into two 

 divisions. In division 1 the following lectures and recitations are 

 given : Chemical physics, mechanics and optics, meteorology, inorganic 

 and organic chemistry, analytical chemistry, geology and geognosy, 



