LEARNING FARMING.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVIII, Issue 220, 15 August 1928, Page 9

LEARNING FARMING.

SUGGESTED SCHEME,

WELLINGTON, Aug. 10

The Government was asked by Mr W. S. Glenn (Rangitikei) in the House of Representatives to-day to set aside a' block of partially improved land where New Zealand-born boys might learn farming under a system of instruction similar to that now adopted at Flock House, so that boys who, by industry and thrift, had proved their worth might have a prospect of financial assistance either from the New Zealand or the Imperial Government when they had acquired sufficient experience to take up land. . “Flock House lads,” said Mr Glenn in explanation of his question, “receive a period of initial training in all branches of farm and station work at Flock House and, when fit, are placed in employment with good farmers for a term of years at current rates of wages. A ■•oonstid'j>rable portion k> f their wages is saved for them, and they are assured that when they are mature and fully competent and have saved a substantial sum, such savings will be subsidised to enable them to make a start for themselves. Already very substantial savings and progress have been made, . and they have shown that ordinary healthy and ambitious boys, with a predilection for country life, and without any previous knowledge or experience, by hard work, grit and thrift, combined with wise help and guidance, can become most useful members of the farming community, and can aspire, when they are fully qualified, and while still in the early years of their maturity, to be in a position to make a start for themselves with every prospect of success.