CHAMPION FARMER
IN Thursday, April 10, a young Australian whose name is not yet known, will fly from Sydney to Auckland and, at 9.20 p.m. the following day, he will be heard in an interview over the air from the main National stations. His age will be between 18 and 20 years and he will be the champion junior farmer of the Commonwealth, enjoying the first prize-a four weeks’ tour of New Zealand.
The _ Australian Broadcasting Commission has_ been conducting a_ series of competitions among junior farmers’ organisations of the Commonwealth, and the Federal finals will be judged at the Sydney Royal Agricultural Show which starts on Easter Saturday, April 5. On Junior Farmers’ Day at the show winners from all the States will compete * against each other in a national broadcast for the title, and it is believed that trips to America and other" countries may fesult from similar contests in the future.
Competitors are to be judged on their education, agricultural knowledge, and radio personality. The competition is the forerunner of a policy by which the ABC plans to assist rural youth in Australia. Young farmers’ clubs overseas, "especially in the United States, have agreed to participate in any‘international schemes which will help to produce highly qualified farmers.
The winner’s New | Zealand broadcast will be in the form of an interview with S. Freeman, organising secretary of. the Young Farmers’ Clubs of New Zealand. In the follow- | ing four weeks the | Australian _ visitor will travel as far south as Mount Cook. Under the guidance of officers of the Department of Agriculture, he will see as much as possible of New Zealand farming as time will allow in both Islands. During his tour he may broadcast from 2YA and 3YA,
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 16, Issue 405, 28 March 1947, Page 10
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