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had 2 years' practical work, have gone through an agricultural school 

 (see hereinafter 53) and have passed either the University matriculation 

 examination or else an examination in 2 foreign languages, mathematics, 

 Norwegian etc. For those who have gone through an agricultural school, 

 but are deficient in general education, special preparatory courses of I 

 year have been arranged to prepare them for this examination. Hitherto 

 only a comparatively small number of the students have had the full ma- 

 triculation examination. 



Generally speaking, the course of education will take the following 

 time: 



Continuation school , Vz year 



Practical work 2 years 



Agricultural school I % 



Preparatory course I year 



High School 3 years 



Total 8 years. 



For horticulturists 3 years' practical work are required, so that for 

 these the period of education will be 9 years in all. 



At the High School the following practical and scientific experimen- 

 tal work is carried out : 



1. Experiments in Cultivation of Plants, 



2. Experiments in the Treatment and Investigation of Grain, 



3. Experiments in the Cultivation of the Soil, 



4. Experiments with regard to Weeds, 



5. Experiments with regard to Foods and Feeding, 



6. Experiments in the breeding of Young-stock. 



7. Tests with Machines, 



8. Experiments in Horticulture, 



9. Investigation of the Soil, 

 10. Experiments in Forestry. 



The State Training School for Teachers to 

 Smallholders. 



This school was established in 1914 and its object is to train teachers 

 for the schools and instructors in the working of small holdings, as well 

 as to carry out experiments in that sphere. At first the school had a I 

 year's course of instruction, but this has now been extended to 2 years. 



The school has the following staff of teachers and officials : 



1 principal, 



2 head-teachers, 



3 teachers, 



