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trees is being established to enable practical instruction in 

 Forestry to be given. 



17. Agricultural and Horticultural College, Uckfield, Surrey. — 

 The courses of instruction here comprise (i) a two years' course 

 qualifying for the College diploma, (2) a twelve weeks' course 

 for farmers' sons during winter, and (3) a course for land agency 

 students from October to March. The fees for students from 

 the county of East Sussex are £16 13s. 4d. per term, but £20 

 for students outside the county, including board, lodging and 

 tuition. The fees for non-resident students are £10 los. per 

 term. The farm comprises loi acres, about equally divided 

 between pasture and arable. A herd of pedigree Jerseys is 

 kept, as well as sheep, pigs and poultry. Bullocks are fattened 

 during the winter. 



There is a garden of nearly five acres, of which three acres are 

 planted with fruit and the remainder with vegetables. Special 

 attention is given to horticulture and poultry farming. 



18. The HampsJiire Farm School, Basing. — At this school 

 provision is made for training lads or young men in winter and 

 women in summer. The winter course lasts for twenty-four 

 weeks and is thoroughly practical. Indoor instruction for about 

 one hour is given each morning and afternoon. As regards out- 

 door work, the lads are divided into four groups, each taking a 

 month at farm work, in the dairy, with the poultry, and in the 

 garden. Once a week they are taken to Basingstoke market. 

 The summer course is designed mainly for women and is 

 divided into three periods of five weeks each. It is largely 

 devoted to dairying. The fees for pupils from Hampshire are 

 los. per week, and for other pupils £1 per week, including 

 board, lodging and tuition. The farm consists of 61 acres, of 

 which rather more than one-half is arable ; there is a specially 

 built dairy and a garden of about \ \ acres. 



19. National Fi'iiit and Cider Institute. — The Institute is 

 situated at Long Ashton, near Bristol, and occupies some 

 15 acres of land. About two-thirds of the area is occupied by 

 orchards, about one acre is used as a nursery, and two acres as a 

 fruit plantation. Students are received for scientific instruction 

 in the laboratory at a charge of four guineas for one month's 

 instruction and ten guineas for three months. Working pupils 



