ADVICE FROM NEW ZEALAND.

Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18404, 10 June 1925, Page 10

ADVICE FROM NEW ZEALAND.

HINTS TO THE PUBLIC SCHOOL BOY. HOW TO PREPARE BEFOREHAND. (fbou our own correspondent.) ' LONDON, May 6. •The "Spectator" publishes what it calls an "informal letter," written by an experienced New Zealander who was asked to give some practical advico to an English Public School boy who contemplated farming in New Zealand. As there is an energetic movement for settling English Public School boys .on the land in the Dominions it is felt the advice.will be welcomed.. ; At the outset: the. youth /is warned that dairy farming means long hours of monotonous work. '' What (asks . the writer) ought a young man of some culture, thinking of coming out to farm, to study, in England.?; Of course, it is] well to learn to plough, ride, and use! an axe; but these things may be learnt anywhere in New Zealand. There are three v things for which .England has special facilities:— * . (1) Let him study the motor-car or lorry. Let him learn to clean it, rim it, and keep, it in repair as much as may; be. American cars are chiefly- used here, as the English, inade for smooth broads, are under-engined for roads of natural dirt. So American cars should by preference be .studied. Besides; as • the .milking machines have oil-engines,; anyone With' a, bent for sueh : tkingsvmhy f study them with advantage. ' Ejec-' tricity, however,'; is now. replacing;; oil, in some districts. (2) It would be admirable, to v go round \yith a yet., and learn what a sick animal looks like, and how to handle it. ■■•. • ■ '": ■: •.':■■".. '■',:■ .:"■.■: '•■... ;...- j- (3) It would be-useful; to;sea ;cat|le shows, and carry' away jsoirio; definite" impressions of the breed that most interests the young farmer. Beef-raising in this country has been "killed Argentine, competition; the • breeds!. of cattle most: kept are the' milking breeds.; Also ; there.'are horses andpigs, an»i for those who have capital or are ambitious there are, sheep. It would -be well to; see the fleeces at shearing and handle' thorn or study the-exhibition of fleeces at some show. Perhaps there are. places where demonstrations in wool-sorting are given. Try to see them. ' "Somebody in Something."" "As for the man. himself, he should get oyer his sublime shyness. He can-; not expect to be useful or happy if he lives in a hermit's isolation from the. ordinariness of ordinary people. ■ A sweet, embarrassed smile, will not carry him far. He must be somebody in something. It is heart-breaking to see. the clean, large-minded English /Public School man only a picture to the world he lives in, while \loyf; dishonest rnen; with nothing in them, but a, wish .to' push themselves forward, are the .unopposed leaders of district.- If the English public school boy, when • he comes here does not wish toVtako ;a prominent part in local politics he should at least be able to form']' his own opinions as to the relative values of those who come forwafdj and, be able to give some effective help to the leader he.has reason: to support. Let any young man while he has leisure with school-fellows and' others about him make himself familiar with public proaedure. ' ]Let him act as chairman,' rise to. a point of order, ana .make speeches.... . . Get into the knack of speaking while young and irresponsible, and pay no more attention to your shyness than you do to the bruises in football. Then your voice, will be ready for.use and profit. "If the young man has any ambition, and is not tied to the milkingshed, let him offer himself to such little oflices as are open to him whilo young, and as soon as possible get into. the public body of his ambition, -the Road Board or County Council, and

then when his mind is'ripo he know and be known. It leaving the public interest, aotel&Bjjilff to chance, but to tho petty politicians, all with little axes to grind. They their time and thought following. Unless our gGntlCßMawum some, of the same work count not at all, either |m|§ or the worthless. To must accustom himself to t*lbsW«s|S' ary young men, or rather let them talk to him. TJaj>«e|fflßi|' orally ready enough to weary details of some match, and in time he willed r.OTnjjfflff l interests. If in urgent need* 1 of ject,.mention tho most trivial' jfjjfll item enlivening the last plenient, and the one-sided • cMpnßfi| tion' will restart without &e*t'3wnlf offence of showing v c sidCi!Cj|Sfflj| young New Zealand bom hk«''4j-fjH|jP derful nose for 'side.' HfrJaSfflPP teet if in what seems to the !<&lnSS| a mere nothing, for he is oa tis||iug| out, and he will recount thft twenty years after. Thcrtfagaßra: first, be wary, and in you will find yourself at caM:npßH| and be ablo to acquire a. geanii^HjjS||B|' No Certainty "This is the end of my ajjjiflaMl cep't to. hope that tho - & *VGHsfif|ml not sink his capital at OJi£Q!iii||&ffiK| some farm in the wilds. that in winter'the mod wfjmKH to the stirrups, so that no *q£k«HH| walk abroad, and if any tor does'come through to farmer's wife fairly''' w shoulder. .Consider that yoa here whilst yon -are tune of yours. Take welL And: do not be: land agent, with a wavftVWMHp|||j|S[ says, 'The■farm goofriip fit is both sides of this haps he does not know how.&fliw|Hl lfijl, and perhaps you deeeix||MHu about the area on tho' the road. I have seen sa&'wjlSHll ''Lemon culture in tha trict would pay admirably if HjJSMKi any way of getting the frtt|||lHw -lington and the south. '"''"pfifflßM is now attracting notice, hillsides and other being planted chiefly The Labour Party's if it gets'in, to .hold, and 'make ieVery ; ant. There is no cert^nt^KwHwfe