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are carried on. Teachers from all districts, therefore, found something 

 to interest them specially. 



The students, to a man, made the most of their opportunities, and, 

 armed with note-books, made copious notes at the lectures and at the 

 practical demonstrations. It was the custom for the lecturers to invite 

 discussion at the close of each class, and many a knotty problem was 

 consequently unravelled. 



The lectures embraced both agriculture and animal husbandry, and 

 were supplemented by practical demonstrations in the field ; the plan 

 followed being to alternate the lectures with the practical demonstra- 

 tions, and much of the work was illustrated with the lantern. 



The laboratory was thrown open to the teachers, and several micro- 

 scopes were available for the study of the minute structure of plants, 

 animals, and bacteria. Considerable interest was also evinced in the 

 set of agricultural text-books provided. 



(Reproduced by kind pormiR>;ion of Th<' Weekly Times.) 



Mr. Barr speaking on Germ Life. 



Under the agricultural section the following subjects were deal! 

 with : — 



Soil problems and cultivation methods, wheat and its cultivation, 

 forage crops, lucerne ciilture, irrigation methods, cereal breed- 

 ing, potato culture, tree culture, insect pests. 

 And under animal husbandry — 



Dairying illustrated, germ life in the dairy, dairying, physiology of 

 digestion, foods and feeding, contagious diseases of stock, first- 

 aid treatment of stock, herd testing, demonstrations on farm 

 animals — cattle, sheep, horses. 

 Mr. A. E. V. Richardson, M.A., B.Sc, the Agricultural Superin- 

 tendent, had charge of the school and its organization, while Mr. iR. 

 iH. Greenwood, M.Sc, Organizing Inspector of Agriculture in State 

 Schools, assisted on behalf of the Education Department. 



