1 Jan., 1898.] QUEENSLAND AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. y. 
(Crrovnar No. 2.] 
Ghe Queensland Agricultural College. 
THE SECOND HALF-YEAR BEGINS 12TH JANUARY, 1898. 
EXAMINATIONS FOR ADMISSION, 1lth JANUARY, 1898. 
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Ox 15th December of the present year, the Queensland Agricultural College 
will have concluded the first half-year of its existence. The total number of 
Students enrolled, to date, is thirty-three. This half-year has been characterised 
by real progress in the work the College has been created especially to 
perform. Substantial advancement has been made in the studies of the Course, 
while, upon the College Farm, many important improvements testify to the 
zeal and industry with which practical work has been conducted. 
OBJECTS.—The specifie work of the College is the direct education of 
Queensland youth in the Practice and Science of Farming. To this end, work 
upon the Farm and Gardens, Orchards and Shops is emphasised. Students are 
not merely taught about Farming; they are required to perform in honest 
day’s works the whole round of Farm operations. The College just now 
offers. special advantages to Students in what may be called Pioneering, 
embracing such work as Clearing, Grubbing, Fencing, House and Barn Building, 
and all the operations involved in bringing forest land under cultivation. 
EQUIPMENT.— Besides a force of seven teachers, devoted to as many 
special subjects, the equipment of the College (in part) embraces : 
A Farm of 1,692 Acres; 
Dormitory and Dining Accommodation for 56 Students ; 
One Main College Building, with Lecture Rooms, Reading Room, and 
Library ; 
Farm Buildings: Stables, Silos and Dairy (the latter im process of 
erection); 
A large and very complete Chemical Laboratory ; 
Four Breeds of Dairy Stock ; 
Implements, Apparatus, and the beginnings of a Library. 
FEES.—£25 per annum, payable half-yearly in advance, and a deposit of 
£1 as a guarantee against damage to buildings and furniture. 
The Fee covers board, washing (not to exceed ten pieces weekly), room 
rent and lights. Each room is furnished with bedstead, bed, pillows, chairs, 
and table. All other furnishings must be supplied by the Student. 
LABOUR.—Students work one-half of the time, a day of labour alternating 
with one of study. During the day given to studies the Student performs 
three hours of “industrial” or educational work, and when not thus engaged 
or in class, occupies himself with study, in preparation for classes. 
The Practical Work proposed for Students embraces, besides the care. of 
Live Stock, including Dairying, and the operations included in Tillage and 
Harvesting, Fencing, Clearing, and Grubbing, and the Construction of Farm 
Buildings. 
