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Agricultural Education. [feb., 



A list of the staffs of each of the colleges and a description 

 of the courses of instruction, the subjects taught, together with 

 the Report of the Board's Inspector on the year's work, is given 

 annually in the Report on the Distribution of Grants for Agri- 

 cultural Education, but as the circulation of this Report is more 

 or less limited, it is thought that it may be useful to supplement 

 the above account with a short note as to each of the colleges 

 taken from their published reports. 



1. Armstrong College, Newcastle-upon- Tyne. — The course for the 

 degree of B.Sc. in agriculture covers three years of three terms 

 each, and that for the diploma three years of two winter terms 

 only. Students can also attend for single terms or for special 

 subjects. The tuition fees vary from ;^io for a winter's course 

 of instruction in agriculture to £20 a year for the degree course. 

 Students may attend any of the classes on payment of the class 

 fees. 



The Northumberland County Council Experimental Station 

 a't Cockle Park, which is worked in connection with the Depart- 

 ment, extends to 400 acres, and affords opportunities for practi- 

 cal instruction and experimental research work. 



In Durham the County Council have made arrangements 

 for instruction and research in dairying to be carried out on a 

 dairy farm of nearly 600 acres, where about 60 milch cows 

 are kept. 



For instruction in forestry, there are experimental plantations 

 and tree nurseries 9.t Cockle Park, while by an arrangement with 

 H.M. Office of Woods, the Chopwell Woods, which extend to 

 about 900 acres, have been placed under the- control of the 

 College. 



2. Cumberland and Westmorland Farm School, Neivton Rigg, 

 Penrith. — The farm at Newton Rigg comprises 116 acres of good 

 land, three-fourths of which is grass. The primary object of the 

 institution is to provide instruction for pupils of both sexes in 

 the science and practice of agriculture, with special reference to 

 dairy farming. Courses of eight weeks each for female pupils 

 are held from March to October, and of sixteen weeks for male 

 pupils from November to March. The fee for resident pupils 

 from the two counties is los. a week for board and tuition. 



3. The University of Leeds, — Students may attend a general 



