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126 iii. rural husbandry.
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near Uppsala, founded in 1848, and that at Alnarp, near Lund, opened in 1862.
The respective founders and the principals for many years of the two institutes
were Johan Arrhenius, at Ultuna (1848—61), and Hjalmar Nathorst, at Alnarp.
(1862 — 86). Both of these men greatly promoted the development of Swedish
agriculture.
During the seventies there arose as an extension of the People’s High
Schools (p. I, 378), so-called Farmers’ Schools giving exclusively theoretical
instruction. These were recognized officially in 1887, and in the same year there
was opened at Vilan, in Malmöhus Län, the first farmers’ school supported by
the State. Its director was L. Holmström (1887—1908). During the last
few-years, new regulations have been issued for the various schools, in addition to
which entirely new measures have been taken to provide the great numbers of
small farmers of Sweden with suitable instruction in agriculture. Special schools
have also been established for young women, under the title of schools of
agricultural economy.
The Farmers’ School at Vilan.
The aim of the Agricultural Schools is to impart instruction in the
principles of practical agriculture, and to afford practice and skill in
the-arrangement, direction, and performance of farm-work.
The instruction is given:
a) in a two-years’ course, specially intended for the training of farm-managers^
b) in a one-year’s course, intended to provide young farmers with general
practical and theoretical instruction in agriculture. The courses begin each year
on November 1. An agricultural school must be situated on a large estate,
with the owner of which an agreement has been made. In the two-years*’
Photo. Ionn, Malm’o..
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