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On the other hand, the college has a right of entry into a neighboring farm 

 for purposes of instruction ; for th's privilege they pay what may be termed 

 a capitation grant regulated by the number of students in residence. Thus 

 students do not take part in farm work, nor have the college authorities the 

 advantage of working a farm on the lines that they might recommend tc 

 students. The practical training of students, therefore, is restricted to the 

 observation of the success or failure that follows the efforts of a neighboring 

 farmer. 



It should be noted that the institution labors under difficulties that are 

 not of its making. It receives no grant-in-aid, and is burdened by a heavy 

 ground rent ; hence, any reduction in fees, even if it were desired, would spell 

 ruin, and attempts at improvements involving the outlay of capital must 

 prove exceedingly difficult. 



Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester. 



Whilst at the college I was very kindly shown over the farm of Mr. Russel 

 Swanwick, to which have access the staff and students of the college. I 

 wished particularly to see the Berkshire pigs bred on the farm, as several 

 representatives of the herd have found their way into Australia, and some of 

 them are to be found in the pedigree of the Roseworthy College pigs. At 

 Roseworthy, since the introduction of this blood, we have frequently been 

 troubled with white body splashes and otherwise badly marked pigs. I can 

 now understand why this should have been the case. In many respects 

 Mr. Swanwick's herd is a fine one. I noted, however, with surprise that 

 several of the brood sows were badly marked sows which I should have 

 'had no hesitation in sending to the butcher as porkers. 



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