SCIENTIFIC FARMING.
RUAKUR-VS GOOD WORK. (Bj Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.* HAMILTON, this day. Speaking at the closing session of the teachers' farm school at Ruakura State Farm last night Mr. A. H. Cockayne, Government Biologist, said that the sreat success of schools was having a very considerable influence in mould'ms thefuture policy of che farm, which would soon be put on a sound tesis. There was /oom for very considerable extension of such work as had been
i carried out there during the past week. It was the intention of the Department to establish at Rnakura a properlyequipped farm school for the teaching of the very beet practise in modern agriI culture." and at which teachers and I farmers couM take periodical short courses. In this manner its value from an educational aspect would be greatly advanced. He paid Ruakura the compliment of I saying that he had seen nothing in the United States to compare in management and in suitability for sh-ort course work with Ruakura.
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Auckland Star, Volume LII, Issue 25, 29 January 1921, Page 7
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