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Edinburgh, but there was no complete course of instruction 

 associated with them. The course at Cirencester by its expense 

 was more suited to the sons of the wealthier people than to 

 farmers' sons, but it led to further results. William Norman, 

 who had studied there, returned to Cumberland to farm. His 

 ability to explain the chemical and botanical mysteries of their 

 craft to his neighbours so impressed one of them, John Twenty- 

 man, that he became the moving spirit in founding Aspatria 

 College in Cumberland in 1874. The teaching and fees here 

 were designed to meet the needs and means of farmers' sons. 



The Norfolk plough (1796) showing type of team-horses. 



Downton College, near Salisbury, was established in 1880. These 

 pioneer schools have closed, but they flourished long enough to 

 hand on their work to younger institutions which sprang up in 

 representative centres all over the country. These later and 

 more fortunate enterprises have been fostered by assistance from 

 the Government. Progress has been slower in the south-west of 

 England than in any other part of the 'country. There the 

 farmers seem to have had such an exclusive respect for practical 

 achievement that they are only now beginning to appreciate 

 education or science. 



Since the death of Sir John Lawes Rothamsted Experimental 

 Station has been carried on with the help of private subscriptions 



