"BACK TO THE LAND"

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 287, 30 August 1919, Page 7

"BACK TO THE LAND"

There are numbers':of ex-service officers and well-educated men in England to-dity who nro anxious to take up fanning abroad (writes Mr.iß. S. M. Sturges, author -'of' "On' the"'Remainder of Our i |, ront,"i ef:<!.); ; '- Aftei'-the adventures of war they find'it impossible to sit cramped uponlan.-office.stool. The free, openair life, of- : the farmer.- mate to them an irresistible appeal. . HSw cau those energetic you m?n satisfy their . ambitions \ It has been"siigg&s.tcd..that many farmers in Canada,'South"Africa, Australia, and other parts of the Eiiipireivould be glad to employ ex-service men, whose educational qualifications would • enable them, ;iifte;'ft certain amount of- practical experience, to assist in the administrative work connected with a large farm. A "farmer who undertook to employ one ot thesoauen'Vft'QWd .be expected to pay him a small salary only at first, increasing it later in proportion to the value of his services.-"-' .'JfiiMiS'. has been a tendency "in the past'to look upon a young man, -who"^riKratcs— from-England to some other part of the Umpire, as a failure, who'caimofcaiftke good at home. Once, it is possiljle.r there may have been- some jnstifeti<)ii\fojr this tendency; to-day war. has abolished it.Sfeir'WK' 0 out into the world todav^n'ot';;liecause they are not good ■ enough 'for jobs at home, but because the old humdrum jobs at home are no "good 'ficnough!: for, them. Moreover men-who,-have 6lept under the 'stare";' 1 who have"'learned the meaning of .hunger..-ivho,,]iayp, .faced death'a thousand times during 1 ; the past four yews on the. battlefields of France, Italy, Palestine. - or-Mesopotamia, cannot | approximately be "called These men aro fit.'to bo ranked with'the finest ' ili the Avol'ld.-" Gla'i'den.ed by the rigours of active service, accustomed to lead and handle men, full of - initiative, energy, -.•and, new. ideas;.; they, t wfll mako good anyr/ .ivji'era. a burden to any country,' whiclr'inay adopt them, thcv will'bring all their faculties to the : development-of ils resources,..and to the increase of its •_ \ Here .-.then is an opportunity for a farmer-to obtain- the .services of ono of those • men", and to teach him his .own particular methods with' a view to en-. Trusting him \vith part ",of' : the manage* merit'.of tliOahn in Hhe, fulfill*. It is an investment; and is'likely to be a paying, one. .. A. good man will settle down quickly ti'tho work; and;' with the help of his previous educational training, will bo able to introduce fresh, ideas, to detect '"possibilities'' of- development, and to supply tho energy ■ necessary to carry -them l ' into effect.'.":'- Eirmers in all parts, of tho Empire. who have Vacancies, or can .create" vacancies'forithoso-men, are invited, to make ful] use of tho facilities offered bv the -'Overseas Appointments Bureau in Luudou. Applications giving full particulars of the vacancies available, iihoiild be sent.iis'soon as possible to the director, district 13, Appointments Department; St;.- ErmiiiV. Ilotel, London. .Uppn .'receipt of -an application, immedint(i,steps l: wiU,vl»;tiikou to'put tho applicant into ,touch witlv. suitable candidates. ~i\jTangejneht's v can :bo'. madOj. if desired," for. candidates- lb ; -Ixi -interviewed in London by eome p'ersb'n or liersoiis representing tho applicant.. It should be clearly understood that The Applicant is under no obligation whatsoever to accept, any of the : -Caiididutes proposed by the AppointHurcaU. ,if:,h(,v., is dissatisfied with' i.tliciiv"niTnlifiratioii?.' "Hfho '"Bureau was - Opened the object of brinKmen looking *for*■employment; -',therefore, as soon nsucpnnectjon.is, established in-any one 'crise, 'i.thal ease,passes out of the hands of the; bureau.",':-] t is ,-ta be hoped that as ■employers—moTe esiieeially-s-.t'iigricultural employers—in all. parts! ofo.the Empire rc.ilist) more - fully the advantages to. be gained by making use of',the bureau, 60 will its activities be increased to tho bene, fit of. ex-service men,...of employers, and spf .tlie Eiitpira'Jitiljtrgi'.;■■■•>»%

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