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iir. rural husbandry.
and can receive a State grant for each course of instruction amounting to 1 800
kronor, the lowest grant made being 1 000 kronor. In other respects, the
conditions are the same as for the farmers’ school.
Schools of agricultural economy of a higher class are the schools established
by the Fredrika-Bremer Society at Rimforsa in Östergötland, and the
Uppsala School for Household Economy on its estate called Brogård, both of which
are intended for a two-years’ course of training, both practical and theoretical,
for women teachers of household and agricultural economy. Both schools enjoy
State grants.
Among the entirely private schools in Sweden imparting instruction in
agriculture may be mentioned the Northern School of Agriculture, at Hagaberg
near Jönköping, and the Skåne School of Agriculture, at Dala in Malmöhus
Län. P. J. Rösiö, the Director of the first-named school has made himself
known for his enthusiastic and effective work as a lecturer in the country
districts of Sweden.
The educational establishments described above, viz., the agricultural schools,
the farmers’ schools and the schools of agricultural economy, like the People’s
High Schools, have originally arisen from private initiative, and even at the
present time are not the property of the State, but are owned by private
individuals or Associations guaranteeing the payment of the expenses, or by the
County Councils and the Agricultural Societies. They have, in consequence,
been able to develop fairly independently, and in accordance with the greatly
varying conditions existing in different parts of the country. There exists a
regulation common to the two last-named classes of schools, viz., that the State
grant can only be obtained on certain conditions. The principal are, that the
school shall be under the direction of a Board; the principal and the chief
teachers shall possess certain qualifications (they must have passed the
examination for "agronom" or trained agriculturalist; see below); the course of
instruction must be of a certain minimum length; there must be a certain
number of pupils; the local authorities must certify that the school is
necessary ; the school must possess an income equal to the amount of the State grant,
over and above the so-called fixed grant (Sw. grundanslaget); a certain number
of pupils shall enjoy free instruction; the minimum age of the pupils must be
18 years (women may be as young as 16, however); the pupils applying for
admission to the farmers’ schools shall have taken part in agricultural work for
the space of one year, and, finally, a report of the work of the school shall be
sent every year to the Board of Agriculture, which is to fix the course of
instruction.
State grants in aid of pupils possessing small or no means amount, at present
a) at agricultural schools to 60 and 100 kronor respectively; b) at farmers’
schools, schools of agricultural economy and the theoretical winter-course at the
Norrland agricultural schools, to 15 and 25 kronor respectively per month, and
c) to 1 krona per day for small farmers taking part in the two-weeks’ courses.
The total sum devoted to the above grants is 70 000 kronor.
Inspection of all the lower grade agricultural schools is carried out in
accordance with the Royal Regulations of June 29, 1912.
The agricultural schools are governed by the Regulations dated October 19,
1911 and Febr. 28, 1914.
The Farmers’ schools and the Schools of agricultural economy are governed by
the Regulations of June 10, 1912, and, as regards the grant to these
institutions, by the Royal Proclamation dated June 29, 1912.
Respecting experts and ambulatory farm-bailiffs, see the Royal Proclamation
dated Oct. 19, 1911.
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