winter schools and 3 ladies'housekeeping schools, of which one is German, one Czech 

 and one Polish. The Czech ladies'housekeeping school is very well established. A higher 

 agricultural Czech school will soon be opened at Klimkovice near Opava. 



IN SLOVAKIA 



there were, so far, very few agricultural schools. During the Magyar hegemony the 

 Slovaks had only one agricultural winter school, viz. at Oravsky Podzamek. The Ma- 

 gyars, however, had several agricultural schools on Slovakian territory, a richly en- 

 dowed agricultural academy at Kosice, a higher agricultural school with a two years' 

 course at Rimavska Sobota, a lower agricultural school at Brezno and a similar one 

 (with a 6 months'course), at Siroka, Oravsky Podzamek. In this latter school the teaching 

 was in the Slovakian language, though Czech agricultural books were used. All these 

 schools were maintained by the state. In former times adults could also obtain agri- 

 cultural instruction at Slovakian primary schools. 



The Ministry of Agriculture of the Czechoslovakian Republic intends to change all 

 Magyar agricultural schools into Slovakian institutes. The agricultural academy of Kosice 

 will become a higher agricultural school, the farmers'school of Sabinov and agricul- 

 tural winter school, possibly connected with a lower school for horticulture; further, the 

 following will be changet into Slovakian schools: the farmers'school at Brezno, the 

 agricultural winter school at Oravsky Podzamek and the lower school for viticulture 

 at Bratislava. 



Apart from these institutions it is intended to open a higher agricultural school at 

 Holic, farmers'schools with a two years'course at Trnava and Nitra, and another 

 agricultural winter school. In the meantime ladies'housekeeping schools will be estab- 

 lished at Klaster, Senice (district of Bratislava) and at Pisfany. 



SCHOOL OF FORESTRY. 



It is but natural that the distribution of forestry schools is simpler than that of 

 agricultural schools. Instruction on forestry was first given on the domains of Prince 

 Schwarzenberg at Zlata Koruna where from 1795 the engineer Matz had a school in 

 which he used a class book written by himself. For the education of higher functionaries 

 of forestry the first commissioner, Friedl, founded a higher school of forestry at Schwarzen- 

 berg with a 3 years'course. Both schools prospered well, but the lower forestry school 

 at Zlata Koruna became later on connected with the agricultural school of Krumlov. 

 In 1855 the Czech Forestry Union opened a Czech school of forestry at Bela, near 

 Bezdez. Count Christian Waldstein gave permission for its establishement at his castle. 

 Since 1862 this school has been maintained by the Forestry School Union, an associa- 

 tion of large land owners. Theoretical teaching was in German, practical instruction 

 in German and Czech. At the beginning the course lasted 2 years; from 1895 three 

 years. In 1904 the school was removed to Zakupy and installed in larger premises, 

 the private property of the Austrian emperor. These premises, With their rich collections, 

 and the dendrologically interesting country around, distinguish this school from similar 

 institutes. To this school graduates of five college classes are admitted, exceptionally 

 also pupils from the lower college with 1 year of practical study. After finishing their 

 studies the pupils are admitted to the higher examination in forestry. To insure good 



