SCHOOL FOR FARMERS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 16736, 18 May 1922, Page 5

SCHOOL FOR FARMERS.

CEREMONY AT HOKITIKA. (Special to th© “Star.”) Th - , HOKITIKA, May 17. © Meat Coast has experienced an exceedingly wet autumn. For weeks past there has been a succession of dav iSj Wltt aU aTerage of on e fine the w™r rS f 'u m Cnnterbury attending , inter school are impressed by tho leturns obtained from river Hats, hue they say it is impossible to judge the fun possibilities until the laud is drained and unied. Moreover, it is necessary to experiment with grasses Some English grasses apparently ’die out quickly. These and other problems are engaging attention at the present time and discussion probably M-ill lead to useful development. Considerable interest is being taken in the winter school, organised jointly j by the W.E.A. and the Canterbury Progress League. Professor She]lexis director, with Professor Condiiff© assisting, and Air H. Belshaw secretary- 3 lie morning lectures attract attendances of seventy to a hundred, and crowded audiences listen to popular lectures in the evenings. Agricultural and pastoral subjects are dealt with by Messrs W. Stafford. J. B. Garnett and N. P. Neal. The afternoons are spent in excursions. Yesterday a visit was paid to th© Kokatahi Winter Show, where an excellent demonstration was afforded of the capabilities of the dairying country of the Coast. The delegation from Canterbury includes the president and organiser of the Progress League, Afessrs Al’Alpine, Judd, Alulcock and Hall, members or th© executive, and a number oi farmers.