YOUNG FARMERS

Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 10, 11 July 1936, Page 6

YOUNG FARMERS

GROWTH OF CLUB MOVEMENT

NEW APPOINTMENT

(Special to tho "Evening Post.")

MASTF.RTON, This Day. Mr. S. Freeman, Fields Instructor, Depnrl.inrnt of Agriculture, has accoiitoil nn appointment as Dominion opKauJHint! .secretary o[ the. Now Zealand Federation o[ Young Formers' Club::. Mr. Freeman, who has been rttnllonccl in Mastorlon for a number of your;;, has taken a very Jive interest In thf! work of young farmers' clubs mill It In due largely to his keenness mid organlfilng ability that the m'ovenimil hii.s made sucn excellent proBiViWi In the Walrarapa, where the first dufoii were, formed in the North Island. Mr, I'Yocmmi brought so much energy iiikl enterprise to bear on the movement that It prospered with rcmarktihli! rapidity in the Wairarapa, in adiHUon to .spreading- to other districts. The .success, of the recent Young Kni'inurs' Week at Masterton was a personal triumph for Mr. Freeman and his work and ability were praised vvarmly by the Minister of Agriculture, Departmental officials, and the boys attending the camp. The headquarters of the federation, which at present are located in Dunedin, are to be transferred to Wellington. Mr Freeman will replace Mr. S. D. Blomfield, Dunedin, who has held the position of general secretary of the federation for several years. When he visited Masterton during the recent Young Farmers' Week, the Hon. W. Lee Martin said that the Government was so impressed with the potential value of the movement that it had decided to place at the disposal of the federation an official of the Department of Agriculture as a full-time organising secretary.