358 Journal of Agriculture. Victoria. [11 June, 1917. 



AGRICULTURAL TEACHING AT THE UNIVERSITY. 



Report of Committee appointed at the December meeting of the 

 Council, on the recommendation of the Faculty of Agriculture, to con- 

 sider the following points : — 



1. The success achieved in the University teaching of Agricul- 



ture here and elsewhere in respect to the number of 

 students who have availed themselves of the course and 

 have become (a) farmers, pastoralists, orehardists, kc; 

 (&) experts in the Departments of Agriculture and else- 

 where; (c) teachers of agriculture. If the success in 

 Australia in training such men has not been encouraging, 

 what has been the cause of the non-success? 



2. Wliether a single degree course in agriculture iu Melbourne 



should be continued, or whether courses narrower in scope 

 but more specialized and advanced in treatment (such as 

 cereal culture) should be substituted for it in the future. 



3. What type of training would best qualify students to become 



expert oificers of the Agricultural Departments? 



Your Committee begs to report that it held eleven (11) meetings 

 (eiglit during the long vacation), at which the members attended as 

 follows : — 



Professor Ewart . . 6 



Mr. Maxwell was co-opted and attended six meetings, and on one 

 evening Professor Watt, of the University of Sydney, was present by 

 invitation of the Committee, which desires to thank him for his willing 

 assistance and for the valuable information he gave both then and subse- 

 quently by letter. 



Further advice and statistics were sought and obtained from Professor 

 Paterson, of the University of Western Australia, and from the Regis- 

 trar of the University of Sydney and the Registrar of the University of 

 Adelaide. A circular letter was sent to all available graduates of the 

 course, asking for information and opinions. 



The material obtained from these different sources has been discussed 

 by the Committee, and the substance of it included in this report. 



I. 



With reference to the success achieved in the University teaching 

 of Agriculture here and elsewhere, and as to the cause of the lack of 



