HAWKESBURY COLLEGE.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 199, 16 May 1908, Page 3

HAWKESBURY COLLEGE.

-HOW IT, IS RUN. The. Hawkesbury Agricultural College, near. Richmond,,- N.S.W., comprises 3440. acres, , arid' has' acoonimbdation for'2oo resident student's. It is 38' miles from Sydney. In addition, the., authorities have leased a farm of 116 acres on,■ the Hawkosbury River banks, for irrigation practice. Tho work of the, institution includps - plot experiments, dairy fanning, and cheese and butter ■ making,, pig'keeping and bacon curing, fruitgrowing, canning,.drying, etc. market gardening, poultry and ostrich ■ farming, and mptoorology.: There ..aro also a_ library, roadiiiß rnom, gymnasium, recreation grounds,' rifle club, first-aid class, savings bank, etc. Resident students are eligible from 16 y.ears of.ago upwards.. The charges for ,the first half-year aro: — '■' '• ";-' ' ' ~ : y ■:■ ■ - ■ £ s'. d. . Education and. maintenance ... 12 10 0 ' Medical fee / 0-10 0 Dispensing feo .................. 0 4..0 ' General deposit (laundry, etc.) 3 0 0 Sports feo ; :.......■ 0 10 0 ■'■ 6 !;-';./''' ,: .' , '•'.• :.'[■"' ■ £16.14;o '.! Non-resident students .simply ip'ay £2. 2s. per- annum. t Students can attend for a special;-course for £2"2s.'per hnlf-yenr, or residential students -for a" . special ■ course for the .full charge. Six .bursaries .of £25 : a .year each 'inav' , be awarded, annually to students : of special-aptitndo or poor 'nnrents. Tlio "dux" of.tho colloßO gets a goldreodal,. and'other studflnts got a. silver medal on earning their-diploma. A' diploma goes to those' students .winning 75 per cent, of' tho maximum marks in general conduct,' 75 par cent, in • nractical aerjculturo, and 50 . per cent, in tho other 'subjects at the examinalion.-' ■ .' . -■..■■■- .... .The first year's ftndics embraco practical agriculture, .principles of agriculture,"practical chemistry,, theprptical chemistry, botany ■ (including-'"vegetable , - patholoiry\ ' farm meteorology, arithmetic and English, and surveying' and I ,mensuration. "-,■-.'. Thn second ■ year's studies, embrace ! practical aericulturo, princinles of agriculture, practical chemistry, chemistry and soil physics, entomology, veterinary science , and practice,- sheep and wool..bookkeeping, farm einrineerinft, and bactoriology. ' . To obtain , .a" diploma" a' student has to pass in:— _ .: _ •. . ■" : ■ 1. Practical agriculture. .2. Principles of amricnlturo. ■ 3. Praetic.'.] chemistrr. ... 4! flliemistry ;and soil jiliyaics.' 5. Botany (including vegetable path- . ologv)., • And nny three .of..t.hcso:— / .. ■ -. fij; l^arm. engineering. . ■ . ■ ; 7. , ■ ■ ; .-' 8. Bookkoeping., .. . 9..Veterinary Iscierce and- practice. ■ '■.■'.;lo. : Rhoep'.ancl wool/, ■ 11.. Surveying and monewTaHo'n. ■ : Examinations. are-' held . weekly,, if neces-, :sary.- v ■ .' ■','■'■■''■■. ■ '• . '. ."'. '• ■