LEARNING TO FARM
SCHOOL'S PRACTICAL PLAN SCHEME AT NEW PLYMOUTH A scheme for the teaching of agriculture has recently been developed at the New Plymouth Boys' High School., As befits a school set in the centre of one of tile largest dairying districts in the Dominion, an agricultural course has been included for many years, but, with the object of encouraging boys to go on the land, extended facilities have now been provided. The scope of the course was described by the headmaster, Mr. W. H. Moyes, when speaking on Saturday evening at the reunion dinner of the Auckland branch of the New Plymouth Old Boys' Association. Mr. Moyes said adjacent lands had been acquired and. the school farm now comprised 60 acres. The appurtenances included a model cowyard and milking machines. Attention was paid both to dairying and sheepfarming. The agricultural pupils spent three days a week in theoretical work and three days engaged in practical farming operations. "In earlier days I am afraid boys took the> agricultural course when they wanted to dodge hard work," said Mr. Moyes, amid laughter. "That is changed, now and the agricultural boys are among the hardest workers."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21273, 29 August 1932, Page 10
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