EX-OFFICERS AS FARMERS

Marlborough Express, Volume LIIII, Issue 82, 8 April 1920, Page 7

EX-OFFICERS AS FARMERS

FIFTY FOR NEW ZEALAND.

The Imperial Government has adoptedl a policy of encouraging deFiobilised officers of suitable type to take up farming as an occupation in the overseas Dominions. An turangeiient has been made under v.hich 50 selected fih men who held commissions in the Imperial forces will be given some moaetary assistance ty the Home Government towards learning farming in New Zealand. Later some who are partially disabled may come along. It ..is expected the fit men may begin to arrive any time, and it is consequently necessary to make provision for assisting them to settle down and begin to learn farming under New Zealand conditions. The arrangement made by the Government provides that they may go through a course at an agricultural colle2e, or learn the work on a Government farm, or on a privately-own-ed station or farm approved by the New Zealand Department of Agriculture. At the presont time all the available pocommodation at the Government farms is occupied by our own returned soldiers, and will be kept available for them as long as it is needed. Hence it is desired that places be found on sheep stations or suitable privately-owned farms for these incoming iearners who decide to learn farming on purely practical lines rather than take a course in scientific agriculture.