Agricultupal Education in Germany. 



of great value in the exercise of their duties, also take part in 

 these lectures and discussions. The high rate of attendance at 

 these courses, which sometimes amounts to 300 persons for one 

 course, would seem to indicate that they are considered to be of 

 great practical value. 



Under the heading of other agricultural institutes are included 

 agricultural institutes which, whilst not occupying exactly the 

 same position as the agricultural colleges or the larger 

 university institutes, yet possess a much higher standard of 

 instruction than that of the agricultural schools. 



The agricultural and brewing academy at Weihenstephan in 

 Bavaria may be selected to illustrate this class of schools, of 

 which there exist but few in Germany. The course of instruc- 

 tion aims at giving the students a thorough theoretical and 

 practical training in higher agriculture and in brewing. The 

 professorial staff of the school consists of eleven fully qualified 

 professors, twelve other professors, lecturers, &c, who are 

 engaged for certain branches of instruction only, and five 

 assistants ; the attendance for the year 1902 numbered 125 

 pupils. The facilities for practical work and scientific investi- 

 gation are very numerous and varied. 



Secondary agricultural instruction in Germany is given in the 

 agricultural schools. The course of instruction is arranged for 

 a period of six years, and the leaving certificate exempts the 

 holder from more than one year of military service. The course 

 is principally intended for the sons of farmers, managers and 

 owners of estates who wish to acquire at the same time the 

 qualification for the one year military service and a knowledge 

 of practical agriculture. The schools are managed by a " cura- 

 torium," and are under the supervision of the Ministers of 

 Agriculture and of Education. They are not State but semi- 

 private schools, which receive pecuniary support from the State 

 and various public and private sources. There are twenty-two 

 schools of this kind in Germany. 



In order to show in what manner the general (" real ") school 

 instruction and agricultural instruction are combined at these 

 schools, the agricultural school at Dobeln in Saxony may be 

 taken as an example, as it is one of the best of its kind. 



To a certain extent the Dobeln School differs from the other 



