82 Agricultural Education in Denmark. 



attached to it. The school receives no support from the 

 State, but the funds left by von Classen, together with the 

 pupils' fees, are sufficient to defray the expenses. 



Theoretical schools giving but little practical instruction 

 are more numerous and number about a dozen. These 

 schools generally require that their pupils shall have pre- 

 viously attended a " high school " (Foikehjoskoler) ; and many 

 of these last mentioned also provide a certain amount of 

 instruction in agriculture, and are also indirectly of importance 

 to agricultural education. The great difficulty in Denmark 

 in the way of giving practical instruction at the agricultural 

 schools is the expense of securing the necessary land. If the 

 instruction is to be really useful, the number of pupils must 

 be as small as possible, and the fees must not be high ; but the 

 assistance from public funds is not sufficient to enable the 

 schools to obtain more than the bare minimum of land 

 absolutely required to illustrate the theoretical teaching. It 

 appears to be due solely to its endowment that the Noesgaard 

 school has been able to give practical and theoretical 

 instruction combined in due proportion. 



There is one school, belonging to the Patriotic Society 

 of the Diocese of Fiinen, which provides purely theoretical 

 education. It is situated at Odense, and, although it is 

 the only institution of this nature with no farm at all, it 

 has lately obtained land for the purpose of conducting 

 experiments in manuring. 



Apart from the above - mentioned schools, there is also 

 the Royal High School of Veterinary Science and 

 Agriculture at Copenhagen, a State establishment. Its 

 object is to provide higher theoretical instruction, not 

 merely for agriculturists, but also for surveyors, veterinarians, 

 and horticulturists. Students are required to possess some 

 preliminary knowledge of agriculture, and to have passed 

 an examination admitting to the University. Degrees are 

 granted after a final examination. 



The only system of giving purely practical instruction is 

 that adopted by the Royal Society of Rural Economy, 

 which has made arrangements with a certain number of 

 large farms throughout the kingdom to take apprentices and 



