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The regions of Farim and Batafa are exceedingly rich in timber trees, 

 such as : Sii'ietenia Mahogani, Hasskarlia didymostemon, Milletia spp. 

 (" pan ferro"), Dalhergia melanoxylon, Boinbax spp., Borassus flaJ^cllifer (of 

 which the fibres are also utilised), Adansonia digit ata, the fruit of which is 

 medicinal, etc. 



957 - Agricultural Education in Chile. — The Agronomic Institute of Santiago.— 



Valdivi.\ Urbina, in La Vie a gricole et riiralc, V'lth year, No. 26, pp. 465-466. Paris, 

 June 24, 1916. 



In 1842, under the auspices of the National Society of Agriculture there 

 was founded in Chile the first practical School of Agriculture, the direction 

 of which was entrusted to a Spanish specialist, Don Manuel de Arana Bo- 



RICA. 



Having been reorganised later on by an Italian scientific agriculturist, 

 Don Luis de Sada, it was estabUshed on a fine farm covering more than 

 330 acres situate on excellent alluvial soil about 10 feet deep, the said farm 

 having been bought by the Government from General Don Manuel Bulnes, 

 on the very outskirts of Santiago, the capital of Chile. 



This institution was organised on the model of the European schools 

 of agriculture, and was given the name of Qiiinta Normal, " Normal Farm ". 



Higher agricultural education began in 1873, by the creation, in the 

 University, of a Chair of agriculture occupied by an agricultural engineer 

 from Grignon, a Frenchman, M. Le Feuvre ; there was afterwards 

 created a chair for the science of hvestock-breeding etc., which was 

 filled by another French agricultural engineer, M. Jules Besnard. 



In 1874 there was founded at the Quinta Normal an establishment 

 for higher agricultural education which assumed the name of " agronomic 

 Institute"; and of which Messrs. L^e P'euvre and Besnard undertook the 

 direction. 



After numerous exhibitions organised by the National Society of Agri- 

 culture, and which afforded a clear view of the progress achieved in the agri- 

 cultural department, the Ministry of Public Works created a department 

 for the Promotion of Agriculture and the Inspection of Agricultural 

 Education. 



At the present time, all the agricultural Services are under the Mini- 

 stry of Public Works and subject to supervision by the Inspection service 

 just mentioned, except with regard to the Forest Inspection Department 

 created recently, which is directly subordinate to the Ministry of Public 

 Works. 



These services comprise : 



An Office of Agricultural Statistics ; the Agronomic Institute of San- 

 tiago ; five Practical Schools ; a vStation of scientific Agriculture, Oeno- 

 logy, Plant Pathology, and Meteorology ; a Veterinary Hospital ; four Ser- 

 vices of Regional Agricultural PvUgineers, who play a part similar to the 

 French departmental ])rofessors. 



The area occupied by the " Quinta Normal " of Santiago is divided 

 as follows (i hectare = nearly 2 j/i acres). 



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