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INSTRUCTION IN AGRICULTURE

Ait EDUCATION. BOARD'S SCHEME. Recently (he Southland Education Board .decidcd to odd elementary agriculture to the list of subjects to be taught during school hours in schools where such classes can be efficiently couductcd. The :.)vork undertaken by pupils in Standards I\ , V, and VI, will -bo somewhat on the following lines(l) Principles oftillage - hud source, composition and ufec of ■ fertilised;, (2) propagation of apple, pear, , pluiu, pqach, apricot, and rose stocks; .(3) grafting, budding, and layering} (-1) rotation, of crops; (5) grasses; (6) grain kinds best.suited to different soils.

" t s;ln a, circular to. the committees, ; the director ofj.technical education. (Mr. W., A. M'Caw) states that nursery and orchard work/will form a special feature of the instruction. , In each school garden there .will, be - established a nursery, in whiah all stocks worked by pupils will become their own property, to be removed ,ef\ch season, to their home gardens.

• Dairy farmers who, Micawber-like, wait for "something to turn up" without taking an active part in the "turning up" process, are not likely to "set the Thames oil fire.": . Action and foresight are necessary if 'you would better your . fortunes. This has been . proved' conclusively by farmers who cool their .milk in Partoo's Coolers." Milk cooled .by this means is in perffct. condition when'it/reaches the factory, where it receives highest Ask Albert. J. Parton, Carterton, 1 about his - Milk 'Coolers.—Advt. .7. - -

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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1658, 27 January 1913, Page 8

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INSTRUCTION IN AGRICULTURE Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1658, 27 January 1913, Page 8

INSTRUCTION IN AGRICULTURE Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1658, 27 January 1913, Page 8

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