TRAINING YOUNG FARMERS.

Waipa Post, Volume IV, Issue 162, 12 November 1912, Page 4

TRAINING YOUNG FARMERS.

UNION PRESIDENT’S VIEWS. The Dominion President of the Farmers’ Union, Mr J. G. Wilson, paid a visit to the Marton School Farm last week when the boys were busy on the plots at Marton Junction. During the course of a brief address, Mr Wilson impressed on the lads the great advantage of scientific farming. He traced the history of agriculture, and emphasised the great development which has taken place during the latter part of -the last century, as the result of investigation and research. Sheep farming, dairy farming, fruit farming, the great advance made in agricultural instruments (particularly the reaper and binder) were all briefly touched upon, and in the course of his remarks Mr Wilson expressed the opinion that no matter how much the practical farmer owed to science, including the work of the inventor, the biologist, the botanist, the chemist, the traveller, the seedgrower, etc., —he never seemed to think about it, nor did he realise the great achievement made in the world of agriculture, because of the application of science. In conclusion, he urged the boys to make the best use of their opportunities in getting hold of the scientific part of agriculture.