STUDY OF AGRICULTURE

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 7, 3 October 1919, Page 10

STUDY OF AGRICULTURE

..,.A..UNIVERSITY CHAIR?. ' Minister of Education does ' libUelievu'that the study of agriculture _x-f 3 likely to'be much increased orotherl vise developed by the establishment of . a I Chair or Agriculture at cue ot 'the i colleges. , Mr. l'oole asked the Minister of.Mucation in ! tbe' House of Representatives whether lie will carry out the proposal bS tho Auckland University College to v. e3ta,blish a Gliuir of Agriculture and • ''."-.Science,- and make a grant of au area of .'land suitable-for-the .purposes ot training on the above lines. ■ . Mr. Mas'sey (for the Minister of Mucauon) replied: "With the present de- - -.luanda. nn tho educational votes in other '"'■.directi4ns.it'.would not be possible to ; ." miike provision foi a Chair of Agricul-ture-at one or other of the university " college*," eyen. if it were finally deter- ' ruined.'that the foundation ot such a . chair or chairs provided the best means o£ promoting the scientific study of the . subject in. question. The small nunibnr - ot .' students . ..taking degree coursesj in . riiric.ulti)r'e ..at the universities of MelI : btume:and Sydney, whero similar chmrs i i have been established, does not eiicour- ! ■ aue the beliet that the proper so ution ot tho problem of higher agncultui'iil education lies in that direction. ihe. vhole matter will require further examination. before dehmto action can be v. taken." .