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AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE 



DOOKIE. 



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, <&c. 



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 — £25 per annum and £d for medical attendance, books, 

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



Scholarships — Nine : Fink (two), each £25, for first-year students. 

 Five every three years, each £75, 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 March 1904. 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 Agriculture, 



MELBOURNE, ' 



