THE Wairarapa Age MORNING DAILY. WEDNESDAY, JULY 22, 1908. FARMING IN THE ORANGE RIVER COLONY.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9145, 22 July 1908, Page 4

THE Wairarapa Age MORNING DAILY. WEDNESDAY, JULY 22, 1908. FARMING IN THE ORANGE RIVER COLONY.

In order to educate men who wish to settle in South Africa in the best method of colonial farming, the Mushroom Valley Agricultural Training Association. Limited, has acquired a farm of 8,000 acres at Winburg, in the Orange River Colony, where settlers electing to go out under the auspices of (he association can have twelve months' training, with food and lodging free. The student \yill have to furnish a certificate of character to the satisfaction of the association, and must deposit a sum of £25 by way of caution money, to be returned to him at the end of the year. He must also pay for his passage, the cost of which is estimated at £25, and will be required to deposit in South Africa a sum of £3OO, on which interest at the rate of 3 por cent, will be allowed. This deposit will remain in the bank during the year of training, and will not be operated upon by the student without the consent of the association. Each

student will be received at his destination by a representative of the association, and will be looked after during his year of training. He will have the privilege, for one year free of charge, of grazing on the farm cattle or horses of his own to the value of £2OO, and the increase of the scock bred during the'training year may also bo run on the farm fre« of charge. The student will b? required ti enter into ai» agreement for due performance of his duties, and must observe and perform the regulati >ns from time to time made by the manager. Should the student desire to remain on the farm after the expiration of the training year, arrangements can be male with the manager for a further term not exceeding twelve months, on payment of £5 per month for his keep. The promoters of this scheme include Lord Lovat, who has already done a good deal towards establishing British settlers in South Africa, Sir John Dickson-Poynder, M.P., and other well-known men interested in th« agricultural development of the South African colonies.