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Agricultural Education. 



[FEB., 



from contributing counties, these fees are reduced to ^^13 los. 

 and £g respectively. 



In dairying, two regular courses are provided, one extending 

 over two years for the diploma, and one of three terms (October 

 to July) for the certificate. The fee per session of three terms 

 for the diploma course is i^i6 (excluding practical work at the 

 British Dairy Institute), and for the certificate £20, reduced in 

 the case of county students to £\2 and £\y respectively. 

 There is also a short course in dairying of ten weeks, for which 

 a fee of 10 is charged. 



The instruction in poultry-keeping is given at the College 

 Poultry Farm, where courses of five and ten weeks are held, the 

 fee being at the rate of £\ per week. A certificate in avicuK 

 ture is given to students holding the diploma or certificate in 

 agriculture or dairying who have received theoretical and 

 practical instruction and passed the necessary examinations. 

 Students can also attend at the College Poultry Farm for 

 practical work only. 



The work of the department of horticulture consists of 

 lectures and laboratory work in the College and of practical 

 work in the College garden. There are two principal courses 

 of instruction, one for the diploma in horticulture extending over 

 two years, of forty weeks each, and one for the certificate 

 extending over one year. 



Excellent facilities are afforded for practical instruction in all 

 these subjects. The College Farm at Shinfield, about two miles 

 from Reading, comprises about 150 acres; about 7 J acres of 

 this is copse or wood, and of the remainder 25 is permanent 

 pasture and the rest arable. Instruction is given here regularly 

 in the afternoons, and students are encouraged to assist in the 

 farm work. The buildings of the British Dairy Institute, which 

 are near the College, are available for practical dairy work. The 

 College Poultry Farm is at Theale, about five miles from 

 Reading, and comprises about 40 acres, mostly meadow land. 

 A large stock of poultry is kept and all modern appliances con- 

 nected Vv^ith both natural and artificial methods of hatching, 

 rearing, feeding and fattening are provided. The College garden 

 for instruction in horticulture is acres in extent and con- 

 sists of fruit plantation, vegetable and flower gardens, botanic 



