Agricultural College Use
In his farewell message to the people of New Zealand, Lord Bledisloe said he was distressed to find that less than one per cent of the men who went on the land passed through agricultural colleges. This proportion was far too low in an age when most important scientific developments with a bearing on farming were constantly being brought forward.' Lord Bledisloe commented that because of its natural advantages of soil and climate and because of its remoteness from the rest of the world, he believed anci hoped that New Zealand would remain predominately primary producing.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22320, 3 May 1947, Page 8
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99Agricultural College Use Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22320, 3 May 1947, Page 8
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