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The Department of Agriculture instituted the first 

 school of this kind at Deurle; two successive schools were 

 then organised at Hansbeke; a school was afterwards 

 permanently established at Borsbeke near Alost. 



DAIRY SCHOOL OF BORSBEKE (BURST) 



A second school was founded at Betecom and later on 

 transferred to Oplinter. 



The programme of teaching includes : 



A course in dairying and cheese making; a course in 

 mechanics ; a course in zootechny-: a course in accounts; 

 practical teaching is given in connection with these 

 courses. 



The duration of these courses is four months. 



Provincial School of Agricultural Mechanics at Mons. 

 The school, instituted at Mons by the Provincial Society 

 of Agriculture, and aided by the public authorities, is 

 intended to initiate those attending it in the use and 

 construction of agricultural machinery, the new applica- 

 tions of mechanics in agriculture, the fitting up, the kee- 

 ping in repair, and the management of farm implements. 



It is open gratuitously to farmers, foremen labourers, 

 managers of syndicate machines, contractors for agricul- 



