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Agricultural Education. 



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for those requiring a commercial knowledge of dairying and 

 factory management. The fees are £6 for three months, £\o los. 

 for six months, and ^^13 los. for nine months for county 

 students, and double fees for students resident outside the 

 contributing counties. There are six-week courses in dairying' 

 the fee for which is similarly at the rate of los. or £\ per week. 



The Institute is situated in the centre of its own farm of 170 

 acres, half of which is under permanent grass and half under 

 arable cultivation. 



8. Harper- Adams Agriailtiiral College, Newport, Salop. — The 

 diploma course extends ov'er two or three years, and is intended 

 for those who, haying done a certain amount of pure science, 

 are able to apply themselves to advanced work. The certificate 

 course also takes two years, but is of a less advanced character, 

 and is intended to provide a training in practical agriculture. 

 The fee is £^ for tuition and about £^^ for board and lodging 

 per session of three terms. 



Short courses of eight weeks are held during the autumn and 

 spring, the fee for which, including board and lodging, is £10. 



The farm is about 180 acres in extent, and the buildings are 

 of a very complete character. A. large numbei of stock are 

 fattened on the farm, and a herd of milking cows and a flock of 

 sheep are kept. 



9. University College of Wales, Aberystivyth. — The degree 

 course extends over three academic years after matriculation, 

 and the fees are £10 per annum for tuition and ^10 for instruc- 

 tion on the farm. The agricultural diploma course also extends 

 over three years, but students are required to attend during the 

 winter and spring terms only, and to spend twenty-four weeks 

 in each of the first two years of their course either on the 

 College farm or on some other approved farm. The tuition 

 fees are £j los. for the two terms and ^5 for instruction on 

 the farm for twenty-four weeks. 



There are also short courses for farmers, intended to provide 

 technical instruction for those who have already some experi- 

 ence of practical agriculture. Part I. extends over eight weeks, 

 for which the fee is £1 ; Part II, lasts for twelve weeks, and the 

 fee is ;£"3 los. ; Part III. is of a more advanced character, and 

 extends over the winter and spring terms of the subsequent 



