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the technical, agricultural, industrial, commercial, and art 

 schools of Wurtemberg. The section of the report relating 

 to agricultural education describes the following types of 

 schools which 'exist in the kingdom: — (1) agricultural, (2) 

 farming, (3) winter schools, (4) improvement schools, (5) 

 rural house-keeping schools for women, and (6) a wine- 

 making school. 



The most important institution in the first category is the 

 Hohenheim College, which is the oldest agricultural high 

 school in Germany. It was founded in 18 18 as an agricul- 

 tural academy, and raised to the rank of a high school in 

 1865, under direct official supervision. The principal build- 

 ing, which was formerly a ducal hunting castle, lies on a 

 plateau about seven miles distant from Stuttgart. It is 

 managed by a director and a council, which includes the 

 principal professors of the academy and other officials. 

 Dr. Rose states that the question is still debated in Germany 

 whether a purely agricultural high school affords more advan- 

 tages than an agricultural faculty at a full university supply- 

 ing general education. However it may be, the Hohenheim 

 Academy occupies the highest rank among agricultural 

 schools in Germany, in spite of the many new ones which 

 have been founded during the last century. The close vicinity 

 of Stuttgart, moreover, offers unlimited opportunities for 

 general education, and it also has the additional advantage 

 of being situated in a strongly agricultural district. 



The objects of the institution are described as follows : — 

 (1) The instruction of future owners, tenants, or managers of 

 large estates in all branches of theoretical and practical agri- 

 cultural science ; (2) the theoretical and practical instruction 

 of future professors, lecturers, and teachers of agricultural 

 subjects ; (3) the training of future State officials of the ad- 

 ministrative departments ; and (4) scientific research for the 

 furtherance of agricultural knowledge. An agricultural estate 

 of 800 acres and experimental fields are attached to the college, 

 which also possesses laboratories, etc., for various tech- 

 nological purposes. The full course of instruction lasts six 

 terms, or three years. The following fees include instruc- 

 tion, lodging and service, viz., £9 10s. per term for the first 



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