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The Boy on the Farm and Agricultural Education
A discussion on rural youth leaving farming for cities due to drudgery. The piece highlights Home Project schemes in Victoria and the Maffra district teaching sugar beet plots and pig care to show profitable farming. It cites American sentiment that agriculture belongs in schools and urges comprehensive teacher training and a modern farming education system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Achrol
Tre
Victoria
Maffra
Syitch
America
Richardson
Tn Re Oka
Mr Richai
Dean Russell
University of Wisconsin
Gospel of the Nazarene
W. A. Agricultural Department