Education. 



[July, 1910. 



in the manual skill of the workers will 

 not go far at the present day, when a 

 capacity for managing industries on a 

 large scale is the condition of success. 

 To use the nomenclature now in vogue, 

 technical education is more needed than 

 purely industrial training. If this 

 principle is accepted and acted upon a 

 large amount of money, uselessly ex- 

 pended at present on the improvement 

 of handicrafts will be saved. A second 

 point of importance is that the edu- 

 cation given should, up to a certain 

 stage, be such that the student can 

 subsequently adopt either a literary or 

 a technical career, but it must be suffi- 

 ciently sciencific " to afford to the better 

 classes at least the chance of discovering 

 any latent taste that may be in them, 

 undeveloped only for lack of industrial 

 production." This general education is 

 the more desirable because, owing to 

 inexorable circumstances the technical 

 student must depend on English text 

 books. The vernaculars have no scienti- 

 fic terminology, and no considerable 

 translations of scientific works. The 

 basis of technical education must, there- 

 fore, continue to be a sound knowledge 

 of English, which is also the true found- 

 ation of a good literary education. 



SHORT COURSES IN PRACTICAL 

 AGRICULTURE AND IN OTHER 

 ALLIED PRACTICAL SUBJECTS 

 AT PUSA. 



By J. Mollison, 

 Inspector-General of Agriculture. 



(From the Indian Forester, Vol. XXXV., 

 No. 12, December, 1909.) 



The function of the Pusa College in 

 the general scheme of Agricultural 

 Education in India has been defined as 

 that of a higher teaching Institution 

 and Research Station for post-graduate 

 agricultural students and for advanc- 

 ed science students, particularly from 

 Indian Universities. 



At the present stage of development 

 of the Provincial Agricultural Colleges 

 it also seems necessary for the Pusa 

 Institute and Estate to assist Provinces 

 and Native States by instituting short 

 courses of instruction in the special 

 branches of agriculture or in simple 

 industries connected with agriculture. 

 There are now facilities at Pusa for 

 thorough instruction in the subjects 

 referred to. Such instruction cannot 

 well be given in other parts of India for 

 at least some years ; therefore, I hope 

 that a hearty response will be given to 

 the proposals which I note below. 



The short courses which I propose are 

 broadly defined in a syllabus for each 

 subject which is appended hereto. I 

 attach the greatest importance to the 

 value of these courses. There is an 

 undoubted demand for them, but it is 

 impossible to get at present elsewhere 

 in India such simple technical instruc- 

 tion except as a part of a much longer 

 course. The instruction will be essen- 

 tially practical in character and will 

 require no scientific training and not 

 even a knowledge of English. It would, 

 however, be an advantage if the men 

 had all a fair, general education. 



Men who have not the instincts of the 

 professions which they are following or 

 propose to follow will not be accepted. 

 I desire to admit in particular to Pusa 

 for these courses men who are bond fide 

 agriculturists or malis by caste. 



The courses will be suitable for men 

 of the subordinate staff of all the Agri- 

 cultural Departments, and will be open 

 to private individuals, who are engaged 

 or propose to engage in the special 

 branches of agriculture and allied sub- 

 jects dealt with. It is not possible at 

 first to take more than nine students in 

 each subject at one time, but several sub- 

 jects can be simultaneously taken up 

 by the same students. 



A recommendation by a Director of 

 Agriculture or any other authorised 

 authority will be accepted in regard to 

 any application for admission, if the 

 applicant is certified to be of good char- 

 acter and in robust health. 



Free quarters of a very simple but 

 sufficient character will be provided. 



Students will have to pay all travell- 

 ing and peisonal expenses. The latter 

 at Pusa need not exceed Rs. 15 per 

 mensem, and might easily be less. 



No books will be required. 



It is proposed to start classes as soon 

 as possible ; so applications should be 

 addressed to the Director and Principal, 

 Agricultural Research Institute, Pusa, 

 Bengal, at as early a date as possible. 



Syllabus op Short Courses. 

 Section oj Agriculture. 

 (1) Cattle Breeding and Manage- 

 ment— -The course will occupy three 

 months. It will deal with the general 

 management of breeding herds and of 

 milch and draught cattle, and will in- 

 clude simple instruction in the recog- 

 nition, treatment and prevention of the 

 more common diseases. The second 

 Imperial Eutomologist will deal with 

 the principal insect-pests of cattle, the 

 part which they play as disease-carriers 



