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a first class Diploma in two competitions for agricultural 

 teaching. The inspection of agricultural instruction is 

 performed by a State Agriculturist of the district; the 

 other branches of instruction are supervised by the 

 Inspector of elementary education. 



The classes must to be attended by at least i5 students. 

 At the end of the courses, the students pass an examina- 

 tion before the State Agriculturist, the District Inspector 

 and the Professors. A certificate is given to those who 

 obtain in this examination 60 p. c. of the marks allotcd to 

 the whole examination and 5o p. c. in each of the two tests 

 (oral and written). 



The Departments of Agriculture and of the Interior con- 

 tribute to the cost of these sections. The Department of 

 the Interior allows the same grants as those given to 

 adults schools; the Department of Agriculture grants an 

 annual subsidy of 35o to 760 francs and contributes half 

 the cost of the equipment necessary for the agricultural 

 teaching. 



The agricultural professional school of Ruysselede 



The section annexed 

 to the State Refor- 

 matory School of 

 Ruysselede in 1900 

 is a type of an ele- 

 mentary profes- 

 sional School. 

 This school pos- 



sesses about 126 

 hectares. Xearly 

 80 students follow 7 

 the agricultural 

 courses. This sec- 

 tion is for the 

 training of small 

 farmers and agri- 

 cultural labourers. 



