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One of the newest lower agricultural schools. 



Theoretical Instruction. 



Main subjects 650 hours 



Natural science subjects 350 » 



General subjects 200 » 



Exercises (drawing etc.) 150 » 



total 1350 hours 



Practical Instruction. 



Work on the farm 1350 hours 



Practice of handicrafts 50 » total 1400 hours 



Total -750 hours 



To this is to be added the pupils home-work in preparation of 

 lessons, written exercises etc. 



All these i8-monthly schools have their own farms. The size of 

 these farms is in most cases between 20 and 80 hectares. They have 

 likewise a boarding-house for the pupils, the food being supplied at the 

 school's expense, schoolrooms and residences for teachers. The total 

 value of the buildings of such a school lies as a rule between kr. 300,000 

 and kr. 1,000,000 calculated according to the present-day value. 



That part of the yearly budget which is borne by the county and 

 the state together amounts in the case of the large schools to from 

 about Kr. 70,000 to Kr. 130,000 for each school. Furthermore, the 

 county bears the costs of buildings and eventual deficits on victualling etc. 



The number of pupils in these large schools varies between 44 and 

 120. The number of teachers is between 5 and 10. The largest and 

 best equipped of these schools have a staff of: 



