the pupils to the most interesting factories and agricultural 
establishments, under the personal supervision of the professors 
of the Institute. 
Annexed to this Institution are a Library, an Agricultura 
Museum and the Laboratory of the Agronomic Station where 
the pupils practice the analysis of soils, irrigating waters and of 
different agricultural products. 
At regular periods the pupils are called to render examina¬ 
tions and those who pass satisfactorily are accorded the title of 
Agronom. 
Those who have received the title of M. A. in mathematics 
prior to entering the Agricultural Institute are accorded the 
title of Agricultural Engineers on passing a final examination, 
in which they must present some- original work of their own, 
treating, as a rule, on the monography of some important 
agricultural establishments. 
Practical Schools of Agriculture for primary instruction are 
established in the following cities: Santiago, Chilian, Concepcion 
and Ancud. There is also a special School of Viticulture in 
Cauquenes. The first and most important is on the grounds of 
the Quinta Normal de Argicultura. The tuition given in these 
schools is essentially practical and to this effect the pupils are 
obliged to work in the vineyards, wine-cellars, orchards, nurseries, 
apiaries, fields, etc., under the supervision of the professors 
of the school. The theoretic tuition given besides, is reduced 
more or less to simple explanations of the different works they 
have performed, and can be called practical demonstration. The 
object of these schools is to form expert workmen that can act 
as overseers in agricultural establishments. 
To enter these Practical Schools of Agriculture it is necessary 
that the boys (whose age must be between 15 and 18 years) 
should have observed good conduct in the schools which they 
have attended and that they know how to read and write 
correctly, as well as to understand the four tables of arith¬ 
metic. 
The pupils study for two years in these schools, after which 
they are given a certificate of competency. 
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