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I principal, 



3 teachers in agriculture, 



I teacher in horticulture, 



I teacher in forestry, 



I farm-steward. 



I dairy, foreman, 



I teacher of smithing, 



I teacher of carpentry. 



b. Winter School of Agriculture in C h r i s t i a n i a. 



This is the only agricultural school situated in a town. It has 

 theoretical instruction during 2 winters in combination with an appren- 

 tice-course with private farm-owners lasting one year and a half. The 

 school has about 100 pupils in the theoretical course. It is a private 

 school with a grant from the state. 



Schools with I -year courses. 



These are all situated in the west or north of Norwa}', where the 

 conditions for farming are narrower and the farms smaller. The schools 

 have farms attached and the pupils take part in the manual labour. The 

 farm being as a rule small, in proportion to the number of pupils, there 

 is also some theoretical instruction in summer. The theoretical instruc- 

 tion therefore covers nearly the same ground as in the schools with 

 1V2 year courses, while the practical instruction is considerably less. 



Schools with 9 months courses. 



These begin in September and end in June. They are all situated in 

 the mountain districts and the school-time is arranged thus out of re- 

 gard to the difficult work of harvesting the hay on the highland mea- 

 dows in these districts. The farmer likes to have his sons at home at 

 that time. 



The pupils take some little part in the work on the school farm 

 (which is of small extent) in the autumn and spring. Otherwise the in- 

 struction is mainly theoretical. 



Schools with about 6 months courses. 



These are also for the most part to be found in the mountain districts 

 and sometime in the fishing districts on the coast. They are attended 

 especially by pupils from the smaller farms, where a longer period of 

 training is considered too expensive for their narrow circumstances. 



The instruction is mainly theoretical and the schools as a rule have 

 no farm attached. Some of these schools are movable schools. They 

 remain from i to 5 years in each district, after which they are removed to 

 another district. 



