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garden, shrubbery, and paddock. There are good buildings, a 

 large number of pits and frames, and 13 glass houses. In 

 addition, 12 acres of land at the College Farm have been set 

 apart for fruit-growing. , 



15. The British Dairy Institute, Reading. — The British Dairy 

 Institute is under the management of a committee representing 

 the British Dairy Farmers' Association and the Reading 

 College. It contains large milk-receiving, butter-making, and 

 milk-testing rooms, four cheese-making rooms, and seven rooms 

 for ripening cheese. It is equipped with the best modern 

 apparatus for the manufacture of dairy produce. The in- 

 struction given is both practical and theoretical, and is 

 arranged to suit the requirements of those who need either 

 elementary or advanced dairy instruction. The fees are £\ 

 per week, ^10 for three months, ^18 for six months. Practical 

 and theoretical instruction in butter-making only costs los. per 

 week. 



16. SoiUh-Eastern Agricultural College, Wye, Kent. — The in- 

 struction at this College is arranged in three courses : — (i) The 

 London University B.Sc. agricultural course, extending over 

 four years ; (2) the diploma course, extending over three 

 years ; and (3) the certificate course of two years. The 

 mornings are allotted to lectures and laboratory work, the 

 afternoons are occupied by various practical classes on the farm, 

 the fruit and hop plantations, the dairy, poultry-yard, &c» 

 Lectures are given in the evening. 



The inclusive fee for board and tuition is 120 a year ; for 

 tuition only £60 a year ; and for a limited number of students 

 resident in Kent and Surrey £60 a year, including board and 

 lodging. Several scholarships are awarded. 



The College Farm consists of about 460 acres, of which 176 are 

 arable and the remainder pasture, gardens, buildings, &c. The 

 sheep kept are chiefly pure-bred Romney Marsh and South- 

 downs, and there is a herd of pedigree Lincoln Red Shorthorns, 

 as well as Aberdeen- Angus, Ayrshires, Jerseys and Guernseys. 

 A hop garden has been laid outy showing different systems of 

 training hops. Fruit-growing receives special attention, and 

 about y\ acres has been planted within the last few years. A 

 series of demonstration plantations and a nursery for forest 



