AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 12 September 1913, Page 5

AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION

MR NEWMAN'S REPORT. DISCUSSED IN ~THE HOUSE. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, Last NighT. A report on hie recent visit to the Hawkosbury Agricultural College, by Mr Edward Newman, member for Manawatu, was laid on the table of the House of Representatives this afternoon. After quoting from this report, Mr Newman recommended to the Government the establishment of an institution similar to the Hawkesbury College. Mr T. M. Wilford dwelt upon the, necessity for fertilising the poor lands by ,an artificial process. He also urged cleanliness in connection with milking machines. Mr, Guthrie held that the, improver ment of poor lands was essential £6 the well-being of the Dominion. Primary education on agricultural matters was also .a matter of paramount importance. He was in full sympathy with the establishment of an institu--tion similar to the Hawkesbury Col--le S°- ' . , Mr G. M. Thomson said it was obvious that Mr Newman had kept his eyes open in Australia and had brought back information that would materially benefit the country. Mr Newman had suggested! that the Agricultural schools should be under the control of the Agricultural Depart-, ment. and not the Education Department. In that connection, however, he thought that both Departments should be consulted for a time. He hoped the idea would be given effect to. He hoped, also, that the Government would do more in the way of providing cheap fertilisers to' the farmers. Mr H. G! Ell contended that the major proposition was cheap transit, ' and that had been overlooked 1 . Mr D. Buddo asked whether there was room for another Agricultural College in New Zealand. He advised . caution in the matter of expenditure on 6uch institutions. j Mr Young said New Zealand could not spend too much money on the important subject of agricultural education, agriculture being the country's staple industry.