Agricultural Education in Germany. 



colleges are not self-supporting, but require substantial aid. In. 

 1902 the Berlin College received £11,700, the Foppelsdorf 

 College £6,000, and the Hohenheim College £9,400 in Govern- 

 ment grants. 



As regards scope of instruction, number of professorial staff 

 and students, the Berlin Agricultural College is the largest 

 and most important, and a description of its constitution and 

 work may be taken as typical of those of similar institutions in 

 Germany. 



The college is under the direct supervision of the Minister of 

 Agriculture, State Domains and Forests, and is managed by a 

 rector, assisted by a curatorium, and the upper and lower pro- 

 fessorial councils. The members of the " curatorium," generally 

 two, are charged with the supervision of the scientific interests 

 of the college and are nominated by the Minister of Agriculture.. 

 The upper professorial council consists of all fully qualified 

 professors and a certain number of other not fully qualified pro- 

 fessors, specially nominated by the Minister for this purpose. 

 It serves as a general advisory board to the rector, and assists 

 him in general matters of management. The lower professorial 

 council consists of all professors, lecturers and assistants, and 

 takes part in the determination of the courses of instruction for 

 each half year ; it is also empowered to propose general resolu- 

 tions concerning the present condition, aims and future of the 

 college. 



There are, further, departmental councils for each of the three 

 principal departments, viz., (a) agriculture, (b) geodetics and 

 agricultural civil engineering, and (c) agricultural-technical in- 

 dustries. They are composed of the principal professors of each 

 department, and their duty is to foster the development of their 

 special departments to the best of their ability, and to apply to 

 the rector or upper council for any further facilities the}' may 

 deem necessary in the interests of instruction. 



The usual agricultural course lasts from four to six terms (two 

 to three years) and generally commences in the autumn. The 

 course in geodetics lasts from four to five terms (two to two 

 and a-half years) and commences after Easter ; students of this 

 latter course must produce leaving certificates of a higher 

 preparatory school (classical or " real " gymnasium, or upper 



