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Agricultural Education. [feb., 



eluding board, lodging, and tuition, or £4.0 a year for tuition 

 only. The College stands in 43 acres of land, divided into 

 2 acres of flower garden, 12 of kitchen and market garden, and 

 17 of fruit plantation, the remainder being meadow, &c. There 

 are 1 5 large glass houses. 



There are also certain private institutions giving instruction 

 in agriculture, dairying &c., such as the Lady Warwick College, 

 Studley Castle, Warwick, as well as several secondary schools, 

 such as the Countess of Warwick's School at Bigods Hall, 

 Dunmow, Essex, the Shepton Mallet Grammar School^ the 

 Brewood Grammar School, the Cambridge and County School, 

 and the Dauntsey Agricultural School, to which reference is 

 made below. 



County Work. 



Most of the counties of England and Wales provide agri- 

 cultural education in one form or another out of the funds 

 provided by the Local Taxation (Customs and Excise) Act, 

 1890, the exceptions during the past year being Lines. 

 (Holland), the Soke of Peterborough, and West Sussex. In 

 some cases the work is carried on by the county through a 

 permanent official staff of instructors, and in others through 

 one of the colleges to whose funds it contributes. 



In addition to the colleges and farm schools to which refer- 

 ence has already been made there are several local institutions 

 of a somewhat analogous character, which are maintained by 

 certain counties for instruction in agriculture, dairying, &c. 



1. T/ie Comity Council Famn, Hutton, Lanes. — This farm, which 

 has already been referred to in connection with the Harris In- 

 stitute, is maintained as a fixed dairy and poultry school, and is 

 situated about three miles from Preston. Five junior courses 

 lasting eight weeks each, and one advanced course lasting 

 twelve weeks are held each year, and in addition one course is 

 held for students taking the examination for the National 

 Diploma in dairying. Eight and twelve-week courses in poultry- 

 keeping are also given. 



2. Worleston Dairy Institute, Cheshire. — This is a permanent 

 dairy school maintained by the County, at which three courses 

 are held annually, each of fifteen weeks' duration. 



3. Lleweni Hall Dairy School, Denbigh.— This school is main- 



