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of 10 guineas per term, having a private room as sitting-room 
and bedroom combined entirely to himself. Out-students 
pay 75/. per annum, or 25/. per term ; they must be at least 
21 years of age, and except in special cases must live in the 
town or neighbourhood in a house approved by the Principal. 
There is no entrance examination, but pupils are required to 
be at least 18 years of age, and are expected to have received a 
good general education. 
" The ordinary College course extends over two years, or six 
sessions, but for the diploma over seven sessions ; the ordinary 
lectures and practical classes on the several subjects, occupying 
two years, and the final examination for the diploma taking 
place at the end of the session following. Instruction is given 
both theoretically and practically, the former by lectures and 
laboratory practice, and the latter by demonstrations on the 
College farm, attendance at sales and markets, farm ex- 
cursions, &c. The following is a synopsis of the order of 
studies : — • 
" Terwis 1 and 2, Class 1.— Agriculture (soils, manures, imple- 
ments, labour, buildings, &c.) ; Chemistry (inorganic) ; Book- 
keeping ; Mensuration ; Physics, Geology, Botany or Zoology ; 
Veterinary Anatomy and Physiology ; Drawing (plan). 
" Terms 3 and 4, Class 2. — Agriculture (tillage, crops, &c.) ; 
Chemistry (organic) ; Book-keeping ; Surveying ; Physics ; 
Geology or Botany or Zoology ; Veterinary Pathology ; Drawing 
(machinery). 
" Terms 5 a7id 6, Class 3. — Agriculture (stock, dairy-farming, 
economics, 6cc.) ; Chemistry (Agricultural) ; Book-keeping ; 
Levelling and Engineering ; Physics, Mechanics, Geology or 
Botany or Zoology ; Veterinary Therapeutics, Obstetrics, (Sec. ; 
Drawing (design). 
" Agricultural Law in the winter session. Building Ma- 
terials or Construction in the spring session, and Estate 
Management in the summer session of each year. ^ 
" The progress of the students is tested by weekly and 
sessional examinations, the results of the former are posted 
every week on the screens of the College Hall, and the total 
results of both appear in the printed class and prize lists at the 
close of the session. 
"The College farm is about 500 acres in extent, of which 
only one-tenth is permanent grass. The soil, like most Cotswold 
land, is very variable, and includes strong marl, stony brash, 
loam, and clay. The flock of 500 Cotswold sheep is of high ex- 
cellence, as its continued success in the show-yard attests. The 
pigs are pedigree Berkshires, for which breed Mr. Swanwick 
has earned himself a name second to none. The general 
