FLOCK HOUSE SCHEME

Evening Post, Volume CXIV, Issue 18, 21 July 1932, Page 18

FLOCK HOUSE SCHEME

ENTHUSIASTIC REPORT

(By Telegraph.)1 (Special to "Th« Evening Post.") DUNEDEST, 20th July.

"The Flock flonse scheme appears to be- a striking success," said Mr. O. L. Ferens, secretary of tho Dunediu Eeturned Soldiers' Association, who paid a visit to the institution recently. Mr. Ferens was most enthusiastic about the work being earned out, and said a nmqne opportunity was being piovided tor the boys m residence there to learn all branches of farming. Tho boys receive a thorough .grounding ln a n branches- of farming, and Mr. Ferens was greatly impressed with the methods employed.

, ' The-boys display a keen interest in their work, ho said, and they all look surprisingly, fit,and welL Every care is,1 taken of the lads, who in the house are .under the charge of a capable matron who saw service during- the war. The boys take a turn in. the laundry, in tho '.kitchen, and in keeping the house clean.

• "They are taught to work," said Mr. I'erens, "and it is doing them a world of good. _No difficulty is experienced in'placing boys from Flock' House, who are much in demand. Farmers who have employed trainees speak highly of them."