Transactions of RHASS Volume 1940 - Page 230
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38 NATIONAL DIPLOMA IN DAIRYING. REVISED REGULATIONS AND SYLLABUS for Examination in the SCIENCE AND PRACTICE OF DAIRYING. EXAMINATION IN 1941. l. The Societies may hold annually in England and Scotland, under the management of the National Dairy Examination Board appointed by them, one or more examinations for the National Diploma in the Science and Practice of Dairying, on dates and at places frOm time to time appointed and duly announced ; the Diploma to be distinguished shortly by the letters ‘ N.D.D.' 2. Forms of entry for the Examination in England may be obtained from “ The Secretary, Royal Agricultural Society Of Eng- land, 16 Bedford Square, London, W.C.1.” and must be returned to him duly filled up, with the entry fee, on or before July 1941. 3. Forms of entry for the Examination in Scotland may be obtained from “ The Secretary, Highland and Agricultural Society Of Scotland, 8 Eglinton Crescent, Edinburgh 12,” and must be returned to him duly filled up, with the entry fee, on or before July 1941. 4. Any candidate may enter for the Examination either in Eng- land or Scotland, but not in both, and a candidate who has once taken part in an Examination in England cannot enter for an Examination in Scotland, or vice versa. An exception may be made in favour of a candidate reappearing under Regulation 10 (3) provided special application is made at the time of entry. 5. As a preliminary to the acceptance of any application for per- mission to enter for the Examination, a candidate must produce :— \1) from the Head of an approved Dairy Training College or Institute : (a) a statement that he or she is in possession of the General School Certificate (England), the Day School Certificate Higher (Scotland), or the School Certificate of the Central Welsh Board ; or a statement that his or her general education is of an equivalent standard ; (b) a certificate testifying that he or she has satisfactorily completed courses in (i) soils, crops, rotations, cultivations, manuring of crops (other than pastures), and plant physiology ; (ii) elementary chemistry, physics and mechanics, and (c) that he or she has also satisfactorily attended a Diploma or Degree course in the subject of the Examination covering at least two academic years at an approved Daily Training College or Institute. This period \ r.” 5 r: ‘u .', NATIONAL DIPLOMA IN DAIRYING. 39 shall include six months’ instruction (consisting of not more than two periods) in practical dairy work. (d) a certificate of proficiency in soft cheese-making. (2) a certificate of proficiency in the milking of cows, signed by a. dairy farmer, and evidence that he or she has spent at least six months in not more than two periods on an approved dairy farm and taken part in the work, both in the dairy and on the land. This period must not run concurrently with the six months’ practical training referred to in sub-section 1 (c). A Dairy Farm to be approved must have not fewer than fifteen cows in milk. 6. A candidate who has already taken a Degree in Agriculture of a British University, or a Diploma in Agriculture recognised by the National Dairy Examination Board, will be allowed to enter for the National Diploma in Dairying Examination after one year’s subsequent training at an approved Dairy Training College or Institute, providing that such course includes at least Six months’ training in practical dairy work, and that he or she has spent at least Six months on an approved dairy farm, and taken part in the work both in the dairy and on the land. 7. In the Examination a candidate will be required to satisfy the Examiners by means of written papers, practical work, and urea «race, that he or she has :— (l) A general laiowledge of the management of a dairy farm, including the rearing and feeding of dairy stock, the candidate being required to satisfy the Examiners that he or she has had a thorough training and practical experience in all the details of dairy work as pursued on a farm. . (2) A thorough acquaintance with the practical details of the management of a dairy, and the manufacture of butter and cheese, together with a working knowledge of the seientific principles involved in these operations. (3) A general knowledge of dairy book-keepmg. _ (4) Practical skill in dairying, to be tested by the making of butter and cheese. NOTE.—A candidate must be prepared to make any one of three varieties of Hard Pressed Cheese, two of which must be Cheddar and Cheshire, these three to be specified on his application form, the Examiner in Cheese-making having the option of saying, during the Examination, which a candidate shall make. 8. Candidates will have the option of :— (a) Taking the whole Examination at one time ; or (b) Taking the Examination in two parts. A candidate taking the Examination in two parts must take the following subjects at the first sitting: DAIRY HUSBANDRY, MILK AND MILK PLANT, CREAM AND BUTTER, CHEESE AND CHEESE PRO- DUCTS, PRACTICAL CHEESE-MAKING AND BUTTER-MAKING; the remaining three Papers, DAIRY CHEMISTRY, DAIRY MICROEIOLOGY, and DAIRY BOOK-KEEPING, at the Examination in the followmg year. \1 I .z . I" H (15' ' ti lyl igmm . |
| Title | Transactions of RHASS Volume 1940 - Page 230 |
