394 Agricultural Journal of Victoria. 



Baxiik ov Subjects axd Teum of Class. 



The programme provided for three lectures per day of an hour 

 each, in the afternoon, for a ]:)eriod of four weeks, at each centre. 

 The subjects covered a broader field than the previous year. Special 

 prominence being given to the latest manui'ial experiments in the 

 Northern, Central, and Southern portions of the State — the feeding 

 and composition of suitable rations for stock — wool-classing — -poultry 

 breeding, and Agricultui'al Chemistry. 



The Class at Boort. 



Having been deputed by the Director to open the classes in each 

 centre, the writer of this article opened the first class at Boort, on 

 June 2nd. From the outset the class was well attended, improving 

 in fact as the term jirogressed. It was pleasing to number among the 

 students who attended daily, the President, Vice-President, and some 

 members of the Committee of the Boort A. & P. Society. At the 

 conclusion of the class, resolutions were moved by the students^ 

 expressive of their appreciation of the efforts of the Director in 

 affording them the opjiortunity of ol)taining tlie most modern informa- 

 tion relating to agriculture. 



Mr. Robertson, who had for a time conducted the class, was 

 presented with a pipe by the students, as a mark of their appreciation 

 of the painstaking manner in which he had done his duty. The number 

 of students who submitted themselves to the voluntary examination 

 during the last week of the class, and the number -of points awarded 

 in each subject, will be found in the siib-joined tables. 



TuE Class a'I' W'arrnajibool. 



The Warrnambool class was opened on June 22nd, with a large 

 number of students enrolled. Lectures suitable to the soil conditions^ 

 climate, and range of cro])s only were delivered. 



Here, again, the President of the A. & P. Society showed his 

 sj^mpathy with the object of the class, by attending frequently and 

 briuffino' numerous visitors. 



The average daily attendance of students for the term of the 

 class was not as good as it might have been, an explanation for which 

 might be found in the dithculty that many of the students experienced 

 in absenting themselves from home, while carrying on business as 

 dairymen, it will be remarked that at other centres where the 

 dairying industry is an all important one, the average daily 

 attendance has been low, so that doubtless the explanation given is 

 a most feasible one. In the purely farming districts, the daily 

 attendance was more regular. The results of the examinations will 

 be found below. Prior to the closing of the class, resolutions were 

 passed by the students, thanking the J)irector for allotting a class to 

 Warrnambool, and Mr. Osborn, on behalf of the lecturers, for the 

 valuable information which had been imparted. 



