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After the first year's course the veterinaries are 

 examined in the " fundamental " sciences, that is, in 

 botany, zoology, chemistry, and physics. Afterwards 

 they must take a course of practical veterinary work 

 of three and a half years' duration. When this is 

 finished they receive their diplomas as fully qualified 

 veterinaries. 



The routine is the same in the case of land sur- 

 veyors and foresters. After passing a preliminary ex- 

 amination at the end of the first year, these specialise 

 for another three years and then receive their diplomas. 

 Land surveyors, however, must spend a further year 

 in practise before they obtain what is called the 

 Royal diploma, which confers on them the right 

 to practise privately. Also they must go for two 

 months to the Land-Reclamation Society, which is 

 known as the Heath Society, at Viborg in Jutland. 

 There they study the reclamation of sand-dunes by 

 means of planting them with Pinus montana, and 

 the conversion of peat-bogs into grass and corn-lands, 

 for the most part into grass. 



Foresters are required, in addition to their three 

 years' course, to spend a year in the practical study 

 of forestry under the supervision of a royal forester. 

 This year must be taken not before or after, but 

 during the course. 



As I have said, agriculturists and gardeners are 

 supposed to be acquainted with the details of practical 

 agriculture and gardening before they enter the college. 

 Therefore they receive theoretical and scientific educa- 

 tion for two years only. Those agriculturists, how- 

 ever, who do best in their examinations can take a 

 supplementary higher course of twenty-one months' 

 duration on any of the following lines : 



