Canterbury Agricultural College.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 122, 12 March 1901, Page 4

Canterbury Agricultural College.

applied mathematics. A. Dudley Dobson, Esq., M.T.0.E., repor's:— “ On the whole the students have done very well, the papers on . Mensuration showed the lowest number of marks, and those in Book-keeping the highest. 1 The farm books were neatly kept, and the students evidently understood and took an interest in the field work I gave them to do in Practical Surveying. VETERINARY SCIENCE. C. J. Realms, Esq., M.E.C.V.S., reports:— I enclose the list of marks awarded to the students in Veterinary Science in the exam; notion conducted by mo on D«ccm.bsr 3rd, etc. I can congratulate you and the lecturer on the very excellent grasp of their subject possessed by a portion of the students. It is, however, to be regretted that others, fortunately few in number, appeared to have taken absolutely no interest whatever in this important section of the College curriculum, for there can be no other possible explanation for the absolute lack of knowledge of even elementary facts exhibited by them.”

PRACTICAL AGRICULTURE

Richard Wr'ght, tfiq , examii. r in practical farm work, reports:— “ I examined the sindents of Lincoln College on February 9tb, in reaping and stocking, I gave each student a trial with the reaper ; s afterwards they all did some stocking separately. Students, I consider, did well. They must have bren carefully instructed to do this work so ckilfully. Their answer to question re altering machine for catting different crops was also creditably given. Other practical examinations in threshing; ploughing; shearing; ditching ; hedging; milking ; butte - making; eh .'esG-making ; horsegrooming ; practical knowledge of live stock; blacksmiths’ work, including horse shoeing; carpentry; are held # by external examiners throughout the year, and are reported on from time to time.

There is a total of 96 experiments in progress with the crops of 1900-1901.