YOUNG FARMERS

Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21157, 5 July 1940, Page 9

YOUNG FARMERS

CLUB MOVEMENT ADVANCES (By Telegraph. — Special to Tlmei) WELLINGTON, Thursday Progress in the Young Farmers’ Club movement is mentioned in the report of Mr R. B. Tennent, Director of the Fields Division, Department of Agriculture, included in the departmental report tabled in the House of Representatives. Although additional clubs and increased membership is reported, it is stated that the period under review, the year ended March 31, was in the direction of consolidating the movement, rather than extending it. At the outbreak of hostilities it was considered necessary to suggest that many major activities should be curtailed, but in many instances they were undertaken at the wish of the members themselves. The number of clubs has increased during the period by 20 and the club membership by approximately 1000. At April 1, 1939, there were 187 clubs throughout the Dominion. 71 being situated in the South Island and 116 in the North Island; the total membership was round about 5000. “There are now 207 clubs in the Dominion—74 in the South Island and 138 in the North Island,” states the report, “with a total membership of approximately 6000 (active members) and an honorary members,i ;> of over 500. The average club membership is about 29.”