. A short review of agriculture and forestry in Norway and of official efforts for their advancement. Norway. Landbruks departement; Agriculture; Forests and forestry. 54. One of the newest lower agricultural schools. Theoretical Instruction. Main subjects 650 hours Natural science subjects 350 » General subjects 200 » Exercises (drawing etc.) 150 » total 1350 hours Practical Instruction. Work on the farm 1350 hours Practice of handicrafts 50 » total 1400 hours Total -750 hours To this is to be added the pupils home-work in preparation of lessons, written exercises etc. All these i8-monthly sc
. A short review of agriculture and forestry in Norway and of official efforts for their advancement. Norway. Landbruks departement; Agriculture; Forests and forestry. 54. One of the newest lower agricultural schools. Theoretical Instruction. Main subjects 650 hours Natural science subjects 350 » General subjects 200 » Exercises (drawing etc.) 150 » total 1350 hours Practical Instruction. Work on the farm 1350 hours Practice of handicrafts 50 » total 1400 hours Total -750 hours To this is to be added the pupils home-work in preparation of lessons, written exercises etc. All these i8-monthly schools have their own farms. The size of these farms is in most cases between 20 and 80 hectares. They have likewise a boarding-house for the pupils, the food being supplied at the school's expense, schoolrooms and residences for teachers. The total value of the buildings of such a school lies as a rule between kr. 300,000 and kr. 1,000,000 calculated according to the present-day value. That part of the yearly budget which is borne by the county and the state together amounts in the case of the large schools to from about Kr. 70,000 to Kr. 130,000 for each school. Furthermore, the county bears the costs of buildings and eventual deficits on victualling etc. The number of pupils in these large schools varies between 44 and 120. The number of teachers is between 5 and 10. The largest and best equipped of these schools have a staff of:. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Bjanes, O. T. Kristiania, Grondahl & son
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