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AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE 



D O O K I E . 



SUBJECTS : 



Scientific and Practical Agriculture. 



Viticulture and Wine-Making. 



Dairy Management. 



Breeding of Stock—Horses, Cattle, Sheep, Pigs, 



and Poultry. 

 Scientific Course— Agricultural Chemistry, Botany, 



Entomology, Veterinary Science, Surveying, 



Book-keeeping, 6lc. 



The College farm has an area of 4,860 acres devoted to the growth 

 of farm crops, and the grazing of stock. On the farm are up-to-date 

 cow byres, piggeries, poultry yards, a thoroughly equipped dairy, with 

 refrigerator and cool room, also blacksmiths' and carpenters' shops. 

 These, together with the cellar and vineyard, orchard, and experimental 

 areas, offer every facility to students to become competent agriculturists 

 vignerons and dairymen. 



The work is carried out on a large commercial scale, the ploughing 

 drilling, manuring, harvesting, threshing and shearing being done by 

 students, under competent instructors. Over 2,000 sheep and lambs 

 150 head cattle, 50 horses, including Stallion, are on the farm. 



Fees — £'2,5 per annum and £^ for medical attendance, books 

 laundry-work and mending. Payable half-yearly in advance. 



Scholarships — Nine : Fink (two), each ^25, for iirst-year students 

 Five every three years, each £lo, entitling student to three years 

 residence free, and open to State school scholars of fourteen years of age 

 and upwards. Two Veterinary Scholarships, ^25 each, entitling diploma 

 students to a year's instruction at Melbourne Veterinary College. 



New Session begins first week in September 1903. Intending 

 students should apply early, as enrolment to fill up vacancies is made 

 according to priority of application. Applicants must be fourteen years 

 of age or over. 



Applications to be addressed to- — 



E. G. DUFFUS, 



Secretary for Aqriculture, 



MELBOURNE, 



