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levelling, and mapping are all included in the educational 
course. 
There are two sessions of four months each in the year, and 
the fees for internal students are 11. 10s. per session. External 
students are also admitted on a payment of 21. per session. 
In the dairy department the daughters of farmers and others 
receive instruction in the nature of food and the feeding of 
milch cows, and in the nature of milk and its products. There 
are also practical demonstrations in the most approved modes of 
handling milk and of making butter, &c. In this department 
there are two sessions of only six weeks each in the year, and 
the fee for each session is 3Z. for internal, 15s. for external 
students. 
In both schools the students are examined under the direc- 
tion of the Commissioners of National Education at the end of 
each session, and prizes varying in amount from IZ. to 3/. 10s. 
are given for proficiency in each separate subject. No student, 
however, can take more than three prizes in any one session. 
The Dairy School only commenced operations in August 
1880, and the increase in the number of pupils during the nest 
two or three years was very satisfactory. Constant applications 
are received from noblemen and extensive farmers, asking for 
the services of a dairymaid who has been instructed in the 
school. It will not be surprising that the small fees charged at 
this school have led from time to time to deficiencies, which 
have been met by subscriptions. Had it not been for the 
Government subsidy, there can be no question that this very 
useful institution would ere now have ceased to exist. 
The Travellixg Educational Dairy. 
In 1881 an Educational Dairy, the property of the Royal 
Agricultural Society of Ireland, was started at the instance of 
that enthusiastic friend of the Irish farmer, the Rev. Canon 
Bagot. The Travelling Dairy, when closed for a journey, 
looks more like a large furniture-van than anything else. It is 
easily drawn by one horse, as its contents are not very heavy. 
When required for work, the wheels are taken off, the upper 
halves of the sides are expanded upwards, so as to form eaves 
to the roof, while the lower halves are let down to form a 
continuation of the floor ; and the result is a covered shed with 
boarded floor, measuring 12 feet by 10 feet, and furnished with 
all necessary appliances, and with hot and cold water laid on 
from an arrangement at the back. 
The staff consists of a lecturer, a first-rate dairymaid, and an 
assistant. In the course of the day there are generally three 
