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STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
west-of-Ireland Society established a farmers’ school in 1827. 
There are nearly two hundred acres of land connected with 
the institution, which still continues to flourish. Since that 
date, besides the model farm and school at Glasnevin, near 
Dublin, founded in 1838, and designed for a sort of normal 
agricultural school, schools of lower grade have multiplied 
until the number now exceeds seventy. 
RUSSIA. 
Eussia early manifested an interest in the general move¬ 
ment for the establishment of schools of agriculture and for¬ 
estry, and as early as 1824 founded an intermediate school for 
such instruction, including also engineering as a subordinate 
branch, at Marjino. This was followed, four years after, by 
the establishment of a school for instruction in bee culture— 
the pioneer of a great, number of agricultural and industrial 
schools, devoted each to some individual branch. But the 
first Eussian school of superior grade was established at Gorky 
in the government of Moheeley, in 1833. Its object was to 
form a nursery of professors for the secondary schools of 
agriculture, of which there were five already in operation, and 
others in contemplation, sufficient in number to supply all the 
subordinate governments of that great empire. It was re¬ 
quired of applicants for admission that they should have 
finished their studies in the gymnases (colleges) or in agro¬ 
nomic schools of second rank. Since 1863, this school has 
been transferred to Lesnoy, in the vicinity of St. Petersburg, 
where, in the year 1867, it was my pleasure to find it in a 
most flourishing condition. The course of study occupies 
three years, and embraces in general terms, chemistry, physics, 
mineralogy, botany, zoology, mathematics, geology, mechanics, 
architecture, technology, zootechny, agricultural theory and 
practice, forestry, rural economy, political economy and sta¬ 
tistics. 
The number of professors is 15; of pupils, 90. By reason 
of an annual appropriation from the imperial treasury of 
$50,000, tuition is free. Pupils, nevertheless, pay about $24 
