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as propose to take up horticulture or market-gardening as their chief 

 means of livelihood or for such as intend to enter the horticultural 

 section of The High School of Agriculture. 



The last 4 are mainly intended for such as wish to pursue gardening 

 as a subsidiary occupation side by side with farming. 



4 of the schools are state schools, 



1 is a county school, 



4 are private schools. 



The lower Schools of Forestry. 



These are carried on upon essentially the same system as the agri- 

 cultural schools. 

 There are : 



5 State schools with i year's course, 



3 county schools with i year's course. 



2 county schools with 1% year's course. 



These last 2 are combined with agricultural schools. 



The instruction is practical and theoretical, the winter season being 

 mainh' applied to theoretical instruction and the summer to outdoor 

 practice. To each school there is assigned i or more of the state 

 forests, and the principal of the school is then likewise manager of 

 these forests. 



Two of the forestry schools are combined with agricultural schools 

 and have their budget in common with the latter. 



The lower Schools of Dairying. '^ 



These are all State schools and have the following courses: 

 I school with I year's theoretical course for men and women in combi- 

 nation with apprentice service in creameries which are approved of as 

 places for training. 



4 schools with from i to i %, year's practical and theoretical courses 

 for the training of female dairy-hands. 



The first-named of these schools is stationed in a small town. The 

 other 4 are quartered in creameries, and the manager of the creamerv 

 is then at the same time the principal of the school. For admission it is 

 required that the applicants shall have at least one vear's practice in a 

 creamery. 



Short Courses. 



In addition to the above-mentioned permanent schools there are held 

 a number of short courses supported by public grants and lasting from 

 a few days up to 2 or 3 months. 



New-cultivation and Colonisation. 



The work of new-cultivation, which in the years immediately pre- 

 ceding the war had already made considerable progress, has aroused 



