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Agricultural Education. [feb., 



Kingston, Chelmsford, and the British and the Eastern Counties 

 Dairy Institutes. 



The subject receives, however, special attention at the Uni- 

 versity College, Reading, which is in connection with the British 

 Dairy Institute, and at the Midland Dairy College, Kingston, 

 Derby. At Reading, a diploma in dairying is awarded at the 

 end of a two years' course in scientific and practical dairying, 

 which is designed for candidates who wish to become dairy 

 teachers or managers of dairies. A certificate in dairying is 

 also given after one year's study at the College and the passing 

 of prescribed examinations, including one in practical dairy work. 



At Kingston, also, similar courses are held, extending over 

 not less than nine months. 



Special Instruction in Horticulture. — The only College of 

 University type in which a special course in horticulture is 

 arranged is that at Reading. It is designed for students who 

 intend to take up horticulture as a career. It provides training 

 in the sciences on which the practice of horticulture is based, 

 in market and florist work, and in fruit-growing. A diploma 

 is awarded at the end of two years. A one year's course is 

 also provided for those who wish to become teachers in botany 

 and horticulture in primary and secondary schools. 



Instruction in horticulture is also given at Holmes Chapel and 

 Uckfield, where courses of two to three years are arranged, and 

 pupils are granted certificates or diplomas. 



The National Fruit and Cider Institute partakes very largely 

 of the nature of a station for experimental research, but it is 

 so far educational that fruit-growers and cider-makers may 

 obtain assistance and advice bearing upon their industry, and 

 can visit the Institute for the purpose of seeing the methods 

 advocated demonstrated in practice, while working pupils are 

 received for periods of not less than one year for instruction 

 in fruit-growing. 



Courses of instruction for young gardeners in the principles 

 and operations of horticulture, including fruit, vegetable, and 

 flower culture, are arranged in connection with the County 

 Technical Laboratories, Chelmsford. The complete course 

 covers three terms of three weeks each and one ;of four and a 

 half weeks. . - " . 



