AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION IN VICTORIA. 



DOOKIE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. 



(About 18 Miles from Shcpparton and Benalla.) 



The College ofl'ers 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 2,001) sheep and lambs, 150 head cattle, 

 50 horses, including stallion, are on the farm. 



Fees — £28 5s. per annum. 



Scholarships — Six : Value from £25 to £75. 



New Session begins first week in March, 1907. Applicants must be sixteen years 

 of age or over. 



LONGERENONG AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. 



(8 Miles from Horsham.) 



One aim of this institution is to fill in the gap between the State School and 

 Dookie, i.e., to take students between the ages of fourteen and sixteen years. 



Resident students take botii class and farm work. Non-resident students attend 

 the College for class work only, on alternate days, their practical work being carried 

 out on their fathers' farms, or as apprentices on farms recommended or approved of by 

 the Council of Agricultural Education. 



The farm contains an area of 2,386 acres, and is admirably adapted for demon- 

 strating what can be done in farming with irrigation. There is a large area of the 

 farm under cultivation, and the orchard and vineyard cover an area of 30 acres. 



Fees — Resident, £18 5s. per annum ; Non-resident, £5 per annum. 



Scholarship — One : Value, £25 per annum. 



New Session begins first week in March, 1907. 



BURNLEY SCHOOL OF HORTICULTURE AND SMALL 

 FARMING, MELBOURNE. 



The School Course includes regular lectures in Agricultural and Horticultural 

 Science, Veterinary Work and the Management of Animals, Dairying, Pig and Poultry 

 Management, and kindred subjects. 



Permanent students may enter for a general course of instruction or select one of 

 the following divisions : — 



I. Fruit Fanning. 



II. Dairying, Pigs, Poultry, and Fodder Crops. 

 III. General Gardening (Garden Design, Flowers, Vegetables, &c. ) 

 Fees— Permanent Students, £5 per annum ; Wednesday half-day Students, £1 

 per annum. 



School year commences 11th February, 1907. 



LECTURES ON AGRICULTURAL SUBJECTS. 



Agricultural or other Societies wishing to have one or more public lectures 

 delivered during 1907 are requested to make early application, so as to permit of a 

 complete syllabus being drawn up. Many of the lectures are illustrated by limelight 

 views. The hall, advertising, &c. , must be provided locally, free of cost, but all other 

 charges are borne by the Department. 



Stafif— The Director, and Messrs. Archer, Cameron, Carroll, Colebatch, Cronin, 

 Crowe, Gamble, Hart, Hawkins, Kenyon, Lee, Lufi"mann, McMillan, Robertson, 

 Seymour, and Smith. 



AGRICULTURAL CLASSES, 1907. 



The Course will last a fortnight, two lectures and demonstrations being given each 

 afternoon and four limelight lectures during the Course. At least forty students, 

 exclusive of school children, must be enrolled at each centre, the rent of the hall and 

 all local charges to be paid by the Agricultural Society under whose auspices the Class- 

 is held. 



Subjects (First Week). 



Principles of Agriculture (Compulsory). 



Sheep Breeding and Management (including wool classing and lambs for export) or 



Dairy Farming. 



Second Week. 



Care of Farm Animals (Compulsory). I Agricultural Engineering, or 



Poultry Breeding and Management, or | Orchard and Garden Work. 



Evening Lectures. 

 The Agricultural Resources of Victoria. I Victoria's Progress ia Poultry Raising. 

 The Points of the Horse. | Irrigation in Victoria. 



The Wool Industry. I The Fruit Industry. 



Exported Products. I 



See full particulars on page 45. 



Applications relative to the above Institutions, Lectures, and Classes to b& 

 sent to the Secretary, Department of Agriculture, Melbourne. 



