DAIRY EDUCATION 



may be judged by the fact that it originated and 

 carried on 169 butter schools attended by 3084 

 students, in sixteen different counties. These 

 schools were migratory, holding a certain num- 

 ber of sessions in a district and then moving on 

 to another centre, and the Government In- 

 spectors who visited them testified in the highest 

 terms as to their efficiency. The cheese schools 

 remained in one place for the whole of the cheese- 

 making season, and the following year moved 

 on to another district, the educational course 

 for each student being necessarily much longer 

 than for butter-making. Fifteen of these schools 

 were held, and were attended by 706 students. 

 In a report presented to Parliament by the 

 Board of Agriculture, in which detailed par- 

 ticulars were given of the work of tbe Society, 

 the latter is credited with having " been virtu- 

 ally the pioneer in the establishment of dairy 

 classes." With reference to the cheese school, 

 it says : ' The pupils were mostly of the farming 

 class, and the results of instruction, so far as can 

 be ascertained, are better produce and better 

 prices. Some large cheese buyers in the neigh- 

 bourhood have spoken highly of the value of 

 those cheese schools in the way that they are 

 improving the make of cheese in the district." 

 The report also alluded to " the interesting 

 results and observations" recorded in the experi- 

 mental section of the cheese school, and repro-* 

 duced a considerable portion of the report of 

 the Society's expert, which had appeared in the 

 Society's Journal. The Board further showed 

 its appreciation of the schools by grants in aid. 



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