DAIRY SCHOLARSHIPS

Hawera Star, Volume LIV, 27 June 1935, Page 9

DAIRY SCHOLARSHIPS

NEWSPAPER’S GIFT GF £525 TRAINING AT MASSEY COLLEGE FIRST VALUED 100 GUINEAS The directors of the “New Zealand Dairy Exporter” newspaper announced yesterday that they had decided that, during the next five years, tiic sum of 500 guineas lie set aside for the purpose of prodding scholarships

for the dairy-farming course at Massey College, open to the sons ot' eicb.-r dairy farmers or dairy farm employees in any part of New Zealand. The first scholarship, to the value c-f NX) guineas, will be awarded proir co the commencement of the first term in 193 G, and thereafter one scholarship will be awarded annually for a •urclmr

four years. The scholarships wil he awarded by means of an examination, details of which will be arranged in co-operation with the principal of Massey College and his staff. Candidates will be required to sit far the papers at the school nearest to their place of residence. The decision was made first to commemorate in a fitting mannei the great’ services rendered to the dairy industry bv the late Mr Dynes Fulton, and secondly, to provide an opportunity for a number of country boys with ability to take advantage of the broadening influences obtained through community life in an agricultural college. Those who win scholarships will reside at the college hostel throughout the two years covered by the course. It is felt* that the industry must, in the long run, benefit by the course adopted, in that the bojfc selected will have a practical knowledge of dairying, to which will uc added the hiany advantages of contact with dairy research workers, and practical training at Massey College. The dairy farming course which has

been selected for scholarship winners is n very varied one, taking two full years to complete. It provides for tuition in a wide range of subjects, including animal nutrition, agricultural botany, pastures and crops, soils and manures, veterinary science, agricultural economics, etc., and students, in addition, are required to undertake practical work on the college farm. It is the type of course which is particularly suited to boys who do not wish to go in for teaching agriculture, but who want a thorough scientific and technical training.