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The students of the third group take care of the garden 

 of the school, cultivate vegetables, prune the fruit trees and 

 work in the apiary. 



Those of the fourth group have to do all the house work. 



The expenses of the household and the daily bills are 

 entered in a journal. 



Each pupil, in turn, keeps the accounts of the farm. 

 The courses in sewing (two afternoons a week) and some 

 other exercises, such as washing and ironing, are done in 

 the same room. 



No fee is required for instruction ; pupils pay for their 

 food which they buy and prepare themselves, the cost of 

 the food is estimated at 60 or 70 centimes a day. Candi- 

 dates for admission must be at-least i5 years old. The 

 number of pupils is limited to twelve. 



At the end of 1908, ten diplomas had been given. 



Exhibits 



i A board with 6 photographs representing the work 

 of the pupils in the school at Bouchout, namely : milking 

 cows, pruning trees, a visit to the apiary, baking bread, 

 washing linen and preparing dinner. 



2 One diagram showing the Belgian farmer's diet, accor- 

 ding to an inquiry made by the Agricultural household 

 schools. 



It shows besides the daily food, calculated by the week, 

 the composition of the food, the cost of it and proposed 

 improvements. 



3 A glass-case with twelve types of the costumes of 

 old and modern farmers. 



This exhibition is a representation in small scale of the 

 collective exhibition of costumes of the Belgian farmers in 

 the different ages, executed by the teachers of the agri- 

 cultural household schools, for the agricultural show 

 at Bruges (1908). 



4 The works issued by the personnel of the Bouchout 

 school namely : 



P. Wauters : The improvements to be Introduced in the 

 Agricultural Household Schools. 



