the Austro-Hiingarian Empire. 



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First Years Winter Session. 



Hours per 

 week devoted to 

 " each subject. 



Mathematics 4 



Physics 2 



Mechanics 2 



Geology 2 



Chemistry 4 



Physiology 4 



Botany 1 



Agronomy 4 



Horticulture 2 



Drawing - 



Total .. ..25 



First Y€ar''s Summer Session. 



Engineering 3 



Zoology 3 



Botany 2 



Agricultural Chemistry .. 4 



Agricultural Mechanics .. 3 



Cattle-breeding 3 



Wool, study of 1 



Vine-culture 1 



Plant-culture 3 



Total .. ..23 



Second Year's Winter Session. 



Hours per 



week devoted to 



eacb subject. 



Eural Economy 4 



Political P]conoiuy .. .. 2 



Technology 4 



Cattle- and Sheep-breeding 4 



Forestry 3 



Building 3 



Climatology 2 



Statistics .. 2 



Drawing - 



Total 



.. 24 



Second Year''s Summer Session. 



Book-keeping 3 



Eural Taxation (valuation) 2 



Inventory (?) 1 



Technology 3 



Forestry 2 



Management of Horses and \ ^ 

 Swine J ^ 



Veterinary 3 



Agricultural Law . . . . 2 

 Buildings, Economy of, 11. 3 

 Drawing - 



Total .. ..21 



The system in all the colleges is uniform, and is under the 

 immediate control of Herr von Kenessej, secretary to the 

 Minister of Agriculture. I had much conversation with Herr 

 von Kenessey at Pesth, and subsequently in this country during 

 a recent visit which he paid me at Cirencester, to see the working 

 of our own Agricultural College. The students all live in the 

 town, and repair daily to the college for lectures and classes. 

 As seems to be general throughout Germany, little or no control 

 is exercised over their movements when they are outside the 

 walls of the college. 



The college at Ungarisch-Altenburg is situated upon the 

 property of the Archduke Albrecht, whose wonderful farm- 

 buildings and advanced agriculture are open to the inspection 

 of the students. This college was founded in 1818, by the then 

 • owner of the vast estates of the present Archduke, the Duke 

 Albert von Sachsen-Teschen, and endowed with 700Z. per annum. 

 His object was the education of stewards and bailiffs for his 

 estates in Hungary, Moravia, and Silesia. 



In 1849 the Government further endowed the institution, and 

 placed Dr. Heinrich Wilhelm Pabst at its head in 1850. This 



