PRACTICAL WORK AT MASSEY COLLEGE
i The records of Massey Agricult- j tural College show the manner in ■ which ex-servicemen under Rehabilitation Department training courses are settling down to the business of becoming civilians again. The most heartenfog! repfort ^ is fiom the general farm course in dairy and sheep husbandry. There are two courses of varying* length. One, the 18 weeks' course, -had 98 exservicemen trainees pass through this year. The other, of nine weeks duration, coped with 226 men. The instnactor's' reports show that, as; a general rule, the men have done very well. Less than one per cent. had unsatisfactory reports at the end of the term. Next year there will be two courses of 18 weeks — February and Au^ust — and four courses in the nine weeks 'division, beginning in February, May, August and. October. Applications are already being received' for the 1947 courses. A lesser-known course, that of poultry farming, had five ex-service-men trainees at the beginning of the 40-week course. One of these sat halfway through the year to join the J-Foree, and the other four will finish their training this month. Horticulture, which is a two-year course, had 12 men at the beginning of the year, of which number two were second-year men. These two last have now fpassed out satisfactorily. The other 10 are to begin their second! year in 1947, together with six others who" reported in October. "Wlool classing is an industrial job which will always have' a place in New Zealand. Instruction- 'in this trade is conducted. in two parts at
vancement. There was a total of 31 Ii men training during* this year, of j whom 23 came hack to complete the second term. All obtained passes and there were some exceptionally good marks. One man obtained a first in J theory and was second in the -%rac- j tical examination. J For the Diploma in Dairying, 33 men took courses during the year. This course covers dairy factories, cheese factories and milk processing | factories. 'Generally speaking, the | trainees did very well indeed, this Jj being shown by the fact that two ex- | servicemen tied tfor first place. Altogether '90 students are taking degrees and diplomas at the college^ Some have comphted their final year and have obtained passes, subject to jj receiving- the marks of the university i examinations, and so qualifying for the course next year. The herd-testing course of ahout two weeks, which took place in July, | coped with 54 men. This was a j special cqurse to. enable the men to aualifv ftr «to^3c. iY* - • *'%% fW j uBes contaming |Ei maa;- j lyptus,
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Rotorua Morning Post, Issue 5290, 31 December 1946, Page 3
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437PRACTICAL WORK AT MASSEY COLLEGE Rotorua Morning Post, Issue 5290, 31 December 1946, Page 3
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