ioo8 State Aid to Agriculture in Norway, [march, 



whom there are at present thirty-four, consequently act as 

 advisers in questions regarding agriculture and domestic 

 animals, and the county gardeners, who now number twenty,, 

 in those relating to horticulture. 



In certain communes, district agriculturists and district 

 gardeners have also been appointed. They are paid by the 

 respective communes, and their work corresponds to that of 

 the county officials, with the difference that their work is 

 limited to one or two country districts. One-half of their pay 

 is furnished by the State. Their number is at present thirty/ 

 of whom twenty-five are gardeners. These appointments are 

 of comparatively recent date, and only exist, as yet, in five 

 counties. 



There are also travelling instructors in cow-keeping, dairy- 

 ing, and pig-breeding, who are appointed by the agricultural 

 societies or by private associations. 



Of other organisations that have been formed to watch 

 agricultural interests, may be mentioned the Norwegian 

 Farmers' Association, to which farmers from all parts of 

 the country belong. This Association is not financially 

 supported by the State. 



Agricultural Education, — The agricultural schools have 

 contributed largely towards the advancement of agriculture. 

 An Agricultural High School was founded in 1897 with the 

 object of providing instruction — on a scientific basis — in 

 agriculture, dairying, forestry, horticulture, and surveying; 

 there are, at present, about 150 students. The Budget of the 

 School, which is financed entirely by the State, showed in 

 19 10 an expenditure of about ^23,000 and a revenue of about 



^11, GOD. 



More elementary instruction in agriculture is afforded by 

 seventeen agricultural schools belonging to different counties, 

 and by three private schools. Three-quarters of the expenses 

 of the county agricultural schools are defrayed by the State 

 and one-quarter by the respective counties. About 500 

 pupils are passed out of these schools every year. There are 

 also four private agricultural schools, with an aggregate of 

 about 150 pupils per annum. 



There exist, also, twenty schools for domestic science, 

 which are supported by the State and the "amts." The 



