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about ^330 a year. In winter the pupils number 

 one hundred and eighty, and in summer thirty, of 

 which five or six are women who are trained to be 

 milk-testers, &c. The very moderate fees payable, 

 including board, amount to about 2, 5s. a month, the 

 only extras being a small sum for light and heating. 

 There are two courses, one agricultural which occupies 

 five months, and another for dairy work which extends 

 to twenty-eight months. The practice seems to be to 

 take in pupils in the order of their application until 

 the school is full. 



First we visited the bacteriological classroom where 

 water, milk, and all milk products are chemically 

 investigated. Here sixteen pupils clothed in white 

 jackets were attending a lecture on the bacteria 

 which develop in milk and water and in certain 

 cross-cultures of the same. They were very intelli- 

 gent-looking young men, each of whom had test-tubes 

 in front of him, which he seemed to be studying 

 diligently. 



Passing through the large gymnasium, where the 

 students exercise themselves for one hour every day, 

 we came to the Dairy Museum, which is housed in a 

 wooden shed. Among the ancient machines exhibited 

 there and in the adjoining agricultural museum are 

 some of curious interest. Thus there is a primitive 

 milking apparatus designed to be worked by hand, 

 which dates from 1785. This machine, if it was ever 

 used, pressed the cow's teats between leather-lined 

 nippers. As we know, those of recent days for the 

 most part effect their purpose by means of suction 

 and otherwise. Now, however, oddly enough the 

 Ladelund authorities are trying a new type of milker, 

 which also works by pressing the teat of the cow, and 



