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The instruction provided for male pupils consists of one course 

 of 16 weeks, from November to March, the syllabus being : Farm 

 chemistry, botany, anatomy and physiology, principles and practice 

 of agriculture, farm book-keeping, land measuring, farm mensuration 

 and veterinary science. Their time-table is : — 



7 a.m. Milking, separating milk, and tending cattle. 



8 a.m. Breakfast. 



9 to II a.m. Farm science according to syllabus. 



II a.m. to 12-30 p.m. Farm book-keeping and mensuration. 

 12-30 p.m. Dinner. 



1-30 to 4-30 p.m. Dairy-work twice a week. Land measuring and other out- 

 door work once a week. Half holidays on Wednesday and Saturday. 

 4-30 p.m. Tea. 



6 p.m. Milking and separating milk and tending stock. 



7 to 8-30 p.m. Private study and preparation. 

 8-30 p.m. Supper. 



10 p.m. Bed-bell. Lights out 10-30 p.m. 



The school is open to the sons and daughters of farmers and farm 

 labourers, the fees payable for those who did not gain a scholarship 

 being 10/- per week, which covers board, lodging, and tuition fees. 



The Westmorland County Council has the right to nominate 

 18 pupils each year. At first only five free scholarships were offered, 

 but by 1901 they had been increased to 18, and in addition an agricul- 

 tural scholarship of £35 per year was open to pupils who had been 

 through the farm course, it was tenable at the Durham College of 

 Science, afterwards transferred to the Armstrong College, Newcastle, 

 and was renewable up to three yccirs, but only one could be held at 

 one time. 



Westmorland has always filled more than its share of places — 

 students often occupying the vacant places of the sister county. 



In 1903 arrangements were made for lectures and demonstrations 

 on horticulture, the first courses being held at Kendal, Lyth, Appleby, 

 Kirkby Thore, and Endmoor ; in the same year lectures and demon- 

 strations were started on poultry and bee-keeping. 



In April, 1903, the thanks of the County Council were tendered to 

 the Technical Instruction Committee, which had carried on its educa- 

 tional work since 1890, on their being superseded by the formation 



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