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When the schemes for training English boys as farmers were proved j successful, there was a demand for j similar opportunities for New Zealand youth. To meet this demand the Government made arrangements for a supervised training plan, and: invited parents and farmers to cooperate. At first the response from! both sides was poor. Farmers who had complained of the difficulty of, inducing local youths to go on the land did not appear eager to have them under tho Government's plan, and the number of applications from boys was also small. The latest report is that there is a demand from farmers which the applications from youths do not satisfy. We cannot suggest reasons offhand for this failure. Possibly the depression in primary industry is making parents doubtful of the prospects of-a land career. But this should not be^o. There are difficulties to be overcome in all occupations, and it is a mistake to assume that the problems of the pri(mary producer are incapable of solution. Though farmers are usually loud in their complaints, there is- no reason to conclude that intelligent and hard-working youths who would do well in other occupations would not be equally successful in primary production.
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Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 36, 11 August 1930, Page 8
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MISSED OPPORTUNITIES
Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 36, 11 August 1930, Page 8
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