The Lucknow Sentinel, 1945-03-01, Page 3• ee
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TouRsPAY, mmtait ust, 1p43 7 The Lueknow Sentinel, 1414(now, Ontario
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Middle 'school standing in
. DISC, •S , asops 'Ear. Rural upds. cultural science, is equivalent to
• standing in physics and,chemistry
ailing tt!net High.. Schools • for entrance • to N'ormal
, . , . and_university "An "agrienitural
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a .er (int Feb. ; s intend to follow upon graduation.
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• ,,toAtie Editor of the Lueknow • --
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rrhe CCitli'S(54 nOW 01.1talinect .ave
S'eritincl, •Lucicnow;". Ontario. , .__ not , limited to drilling the stu"d-'
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' .• '-This .is the_ first :Of IWO lettei's' (-nt in sound tbedry _only, ; with
to th'e-t+rt0:1---Bru-ce-X-
'aunty on• the Plouilope that they. will put'
3P-Y.44tn-tft.
-ti.Stt•Itites-; .a 1 1' t etVd7t 1117-;"'''
the county with"sPecial...ernphasis.-s-in'alier Urrit
instruction' in- AgricUlture, canl vii.ttie of its closeness to
the basic And leading.industrY �f :the' • individual. ,studentS''. farms
' this portion of the..Frovince ofkandrthi101-1.01i: its hoMe4Ptoject,
Onttarid, Arid, indeed, the greatest Igt•:,?.ritnei.. follow ,,Cip the students'
,-"Siiiii„107bil-ilneWTrrIb7v.Vh-.6107f"---eff•ceti'tcr4::apP)-itatibTrof---Schoal
anada- This letter:from:the un- training,•;in „their resi5ecilivet.bornes
detSigned Will. be folk?Wecl by ono- , ' ..` r..
Nvrittori. by George Gear, . .::..1.The home Pp roje t, undertaken
B,S.A.1, • Agt.q.eultural • rePresentii-, by ,the Student,, a re-
: live of 13rtiee quireMen.t: .to tproniotion •and to
Last autumn at the request of suceessfill. graduation, .rnight be
7 's.1:1 -ie t ar ,CoMmittbe the rcnovatien '-of the apple or -
1•1 of the County T prePared a State- ahard. ',dairy herd improvement
•.• :Ment.conderning the relative per- thruweighfrig 84, testing of
entage.!of114"CeeSsf High-Schovil- prodUction;-Or-the o)ect
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, ,•;••.,..Entrorice :candidates .4who •.,Went 'inight be a productive one. eithe s
• , . on. AO Iligly...School 4reen. the ,1.2. ih-aiiiinal-br-plaii:43:allia.y_y_:,7-T.11.6_,:se.„0.q1s: of PritaTio, but up . to mid, . in. schools.:where. DePartibents, • of:
SUMnier 1944 on1e 11 schools had -Agrietrit*etare7-estatclished.
-......-',:ltehati centres in thiSliiipectoafe-7:•project-involv:6St'rsbniathiligli: :be. . . . , • .„., • •. • • d...
:__ The .c. urse :i must • include7ex4
st,:ill-rhari--•• ' '' clanari.--- -1....OfsWgil " ' ' ' .. ''' 6 .5- '
.:...z as ,cornparad•With-theS - •IXI, • :6,1.3.'reit L-141-ie'..1.61-6:, the:. haliii6.•• fa,trtiZtip r. • . -::-.- l• ' -7 ' a' - - - "-PIM/ n .- . . ' .- , . - ;
0 euittire *here the : SUble'et -‘ was'..''.ierr4KMT.;.1.::-'4.-'.the..-' to,piei.; iriairictil-:-
,, :,• on frorn',..t e... 1,2 ••to.wn.... ips, •r.11ie, .,:s.p.•e). ter- . con, i ions,. .or a .speettic. " '
•-.,.....,''figureS.: .were reVealing ever. ,I.o. Yal t...able, ',:re'snit . and. re:•ta:1-ight:hy .ari 0.4.C. graddate and ittral 'saienee of • Special' import:-
les, on. emistry of the 1.4wer
school- Middle school Are par-
ticularly. directed towards a
Study; of :.••farm vegetation, farm,
"a n trtals-s-: WITH n setts,- farm_ par -a-
-Sites cheinistry of.tliff, soil., drain-
-here ...that exieri ;the town. pupil
might not know' to advantage.in
his pursuit of Scientific truth;
•Many • critiaisins• • haVe 'been
veticed 'concerning. the provisiong
lik4e.4.0_r_s;-,agricialturalartstrue#011;
vet for many years : such l'!ay.0 been -introduced W1tn• Prest.
tion hasbe •available •ent.,aCccinio4atiOns tnt'
cpuTago, under an•agrieulturalf.classrOOM accord -
the Provincial Regulations.: and ing to a.'definite plan will be 'Oki -
certain schools Where' the Plans' A lc°1-c)P.. t'ype:P°uftrY
have,1 been Adopted' have Carried -bgnset. one .'°r c°1•91iie.. of
on A :SuCcesSftif and efficient' and land for experimental
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" • . • . plots must:also be provided. Re-,
- 'Since 1013', so.rhe agricultUrar ference: books' and eclt•liP*n,t are
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science:has beentaughtin .O .e8sellti4..., and s11°P.: work azid
siderObie number of . secb 'd heime• economics "Shciuid 'be .taken
7WaY SPeciail
$70404,00----
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connection, 'with •the use of theling the Year, class, ,
school'as a cOrnmunitY-centre)' ,Great interest. was shown •by . •
lsone schools the courses the parents. at "Open:Night° last -
spring -w-hen- Vern.- , . .•
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jfeffil
was on s • .
the ShOPt• $50..sfrOin Udine' Sectit: ,
oi-nics claSses.. : , '-`
• .sibint classes in onnection with
live stock j.udgindior' all second.': '
year boys are held with the agri- ,
'cultural' representative • at neat,
farms Evening entolinent IS 60.:
• The school property waS used
151 'times lOSt:year'for:'eoininuriify•-.7-
•purposes e.g.. Red Cross Blood •
Donor .9
times -Federatio-n+of---Agricialtine • • - - - •
nng
„.•-. • . . specialist' and where'it -was co_
• • ande- Once in relation to e o the nature f
me whe..haa n approximatethoT•ou0 {,Ildy, Pnning
col dinated closely with .generalfarming in the corrimun1tY' Visits
- situation. Actually eeution" Summer supe -v s ' f
• ShOp.. eeenOmi: . • _ •
()LI. PerCeritc of last sunimei...s. cropstg, ,clentsPrOjeet• work is the II, ti ... .cou,•
the coinniunity, s is an import
with. Ole:short course,* the. -pn-
to induStrips and ,tyPicalfarniSitT
ri-indida-tes-froni- 'tile • iti;itilicto) y.
m ii,_41ut • this; _rse: cot/1,Pa. Twa.. tt_.„artber.p,r• 0,er•ara.,
loyvriS and Villages! ate now in .the .instruction .is cally .
le at .
'f' •f" and •agriciil-
tsr, tario A It C tance o arming •
• 'High School=while only 61 per- .Sive• or ..scient,ific there shou
Guelph... The hi schools dr vo- tural industries ,and the ability,
' ',.frorn••rntal• schools no hesitation in Witting it ,•
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Concinsion mayl express . .•
th,e-' hope that . there may be in „ •• ••••:. , ••••1,,- r:
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all •.this..more"..than..a mere gleOm.,.
of hopesomething tangib1e to
'Counteract the praptise.and belief,, • • •''
held -that the
.boys should by all. Means be':.• ,` '
trained away from the farrn. :
note:. that'. because': '• •• .
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v•6 cat -retrial wur,schools %which ioneered • PoP11.-":1° 7Perforrri..- vario, s , • , ,
ce
:on to 'Second • "
" • establiShi-ripartrnents -farm--;-,•0Per$atiOST, catinnaI ,
Schools.Let n u° t it in Another, : In the Onfario CoUnty Ilinh • ,
Agr•iculture ,were Btamsville s resse r.oug
t d th h t th education- facilities we are rnak-•-• "
01.1 „ e courses. . . „. • ,
La_t_of_l,hoo._..dropping out., of ins itution with 'an-. ' • • g. w , • • • . ..• ,- • d ••••,. • , •
for farm life based an stall ards. • ,
. . • . . • • . Len rew, ray on, roira,.Lfsto
P f' D t -organ, ization--for young• -men and
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sclibol 'after High' ,School En- onrolnion of 101; tions 1, Su-)
t even more sti-ikin 12 per- SC't • iy,.
coe' Stamford ...Rid. to n •Ericouragernent given' to •tlie ing.A selection..pf: our; young men, •, , ;7,-1 ,
• . . ,that fesult ,
- "Irani 'urban iebn..
. ttariep are.the
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88 ',P-r.ceilt ate 1( . . A and
.CP•in.7
f • )1.1 ECO.sgril.se.; 0:
Tiler dial.. have -••been„ stressed ,aV,er
't . • • :1- --fn, .1, 2 2 6i; :071i, to schools serVini4tira-1--com.mnri4- rPgar:di;the WOrk.•being
.-Nktel; "Oft PerrYs..'.WheatleY nsd-liv°*n•'wh.° have. Of
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:Whit,by...-' , wec fa -1, .. eo-U-1-=s--er-dtrrhTg.--th-erctay'o-r-:
... .. ... In .1043 and.,again :last Stirniner evknirig4.,:•,-,:. t,.:' ': ' • ....:•••• ,'
.'.........'..the ..eountry. . -. , • „ incre.ased grants were approved . The Provincial beitattrrient Of
•,. . What is. the' cause of stliis • de' a beriod of -,v'earS kivi,th this.; sic,.
, • plorable Situation.? ,Ddes P!ficant. resu t. ,‘ ,5 p • .ittes and- w_hi(7h. •intir-Odnee-4 the carried . ,2.in the .Department. of.
..farrrier not 1,--eqiiire as much edu7 „ra e pupi s. \Yore •
• Catianl as the .facterY."...:forker?'„.. rural but in -1944155 per cent
bf
• Three causes.: come to mind: • 'Abe bracle were , from
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L.Fit•St-A-The ItdOleScent, Sehopl. conntry and A greater
Attendance Act Act is.: unfair to rut al tentage of thein: Weie. ref
mchooI having- the ad-
' It ••:.i)rovideS to, the farm than •fOrinerly„ This 8ec.(thcla:i..Y
vantae.. of .this special , course
more. compulsory education fb.r" ,grdw:.tli. 'Tura' enralrnerit.WaS.-
. • ' riat accidental.... 'Similar at 30 and of these, ",Bruce
• County preud to Claim oiie
LegislatiVit grants for . ',•the
teaching of :.agriculture have •
al-
ways.been: generous •the 'IleW
munificent, greatly
:ex -
ceding • a'S it (lees recent
an-
nounccment by . the:Qntario.:
_ , Itnierit .af.".Edueation, '1.1i,St it,
..‘;,941,C1 pa,Y; per • c'ent . of the.
goss castwo.1 operating the schobiS'
:Of , the Province ••••'..i.:••TheSe grant's,
rim ..froin, 75 .pr cent- to 100. per
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DePartrnent• of. 'Agriculture.: pro: -
grain and as a result .14 additional
scitoOls ;are ri6w taking this Work.
Thus - the tOtaT. nutriber icif:Ontarsio-
. • ,the.town boyTthan 'for the rural,
Why _Should 'ther§ this dis
crirnination?.. Is the 'rural .bbY.ailv
less worthy. of f:iirther training?
'Second •DiStance .
Sehio1 -s-often-a
_factor. The -earning:
cool Area Boards .Will,.probably'
s1ovJytbut • g1.adual.lk privide
rtran'sportation•- to 'Hi • Seboo_ls
thu dliMiriating this •liandreaps
High- CatifSes
'largely have no .partieitlar •YoCaL'
"•• -beYs- and
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girls -riot beaded for' one. of the
to hold the
• intsi.h.est, and attendance, of .young
, , ,
potential .fartners, is, in Part-
• ,porthig evidence „Of :this Conten-
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•It is: thiS7third'T.eason whic-h iS
.the r.ealstiambling;b1.6ck and With
• 'Whieh 1 Wis.h to deal,partictilar.-:
A
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OUP se-heals-systetn.,,M its coal-
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$. • - , • lete-set--14P -7t-las--Lbeerl•-• pa tte riled
- ••• so that college and uniY"ersi'ty re-
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td the 'advantage of•:.countr,v.boyS
gdrls ore:Possible' and ,feasibie
in. ti. Six- 'Schools arid nine
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eolith -illation schools of Bruce.q..,13'.
_.0, :Off:these .se'hoOls have.
'4r_a_vidocj _gsj1.coUrkes.'in)Gene'ri51:
$1.'fbp • and : lion* ECOriornicS -End
oriry' 6116 fat' . bin:"avte
ha' taught'. ''.:••• Agriculture
Science.,DoeS. this: app.car , to: oe
b althy i•o n !'
MY ...recards •••show,•:. that of ••:the'
the__Ptif3dc
School's Of 'my„tinaPeCtorate„229.1.
over 58 ....P1eKcent are In
secondary
scheols.lben,should draw.. 5$ per.,
•Cent..of their :enrolment'. frein thr:
.L.tiral. areas hp,t. th-f-e. Isn't the case,
On 'high: school prineipal in farins:
• me .that- at • but '3Q .per-.....Lcent••• ef. .114.
pupils aro stuation.sitfl-
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ilar to that in ',....Port : Porry " 13
years ,•4; • ,
1\.401`.00VOr.: PV.Or ,..p.'6•1 CO;11:t if •
iir high.,Setioa,Litiidents de not.
• • •••04 le ti
beyanc.-• ei
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ouiremerits constitntes- its apex
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-and, its 'epronte to
thai. "soalLis deterininc2d. very
tiofis demands. The. sys.tem•
pre,stIpposes-a.. college' career :frit:,
the.'rhet.i)d.;.it.,OinploVs for.
eetninon-•orie .r.e.gardiess of
4heilf or •agPiratiOns of the., --int.
• 7. diYidu,a17: Tho straight arsideinic
High' Schael caurSe.. eators to 4:1-
. , howl .P,erce,nt the. student
''bOdy; PS only i betWeen and. 4
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_ Percent go.'on, to UiiiVerSity4T.O.!-.11..
• --training Jot farming iiegleOteni
• in 'the present system Of. ptib)ic
• •:edifcatiarl is obvious; " •
Vocational Agriculture, 'proper-
^ Ty taugrit, does`nat 'place- too great,
s . reliance :upon books and' obser -
vations t� the -e5tc1usiim during-
. the period of training :of act
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. part!cipation the'type or typeS
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Of the secor)..d then,.
'snot:11d n't the- ,t4.3.:;ght
thing that will' be.., practieal
al tie to 1 ,n-1 a 'fp „.
Sihoe",-58 per cent •of ,the peter). -
rill -high se4001 ein•biment.is feint
1110:-1.'.11:';1'Why in .the name 0,f 41)-
tliar Sensibl .tind • .practidal
eVery seCandary,Schbol
in tyniCally. • agrietillural
Cothity,provide Conrses in agridul-
• tur al, „science: . this were: 'done
.Vetittn•e tb pi diet
en r elm elais
id'IY as has' been the '''caSe plse-
.
Agrienittiire at Part Perry High
.School :tno§t favorably and and. ccin•-•-•
$eqUentlY it may be
.._ta_mentioii:Sarne.:of the highlight's,
.as typified that -school. '
The •prineipal,Mr.., . •
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.C.1.04an; stranger to Bruee.. . „ • ,,
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COunty. as in. addition to Spend-.
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Mg a inorithlistr2Stimer ,su.perYis-
„mg .the'. ,projects. • .of • his own
•pu,pils- be was associated locally..
for.:a. month with .our: own County
'0Onse'clnent'l
came rn contact with many of our
leading,' farmers; : .• '
•In.,Gracle. IX 4 ;Periods per wee
-are, devoted to agriculture land 5;
toshopwork by the boys and
to :home ;Conariiics .:by. the girls;.-
-The -reinaining:,::-4.1-.-are-:,glitienL+to-
cent of , the east" of, establishing
the various , c,ornporient parts of.
a 'Department Agriculturetlishop 'while the• girls have.' 10. in .4
be Charged when She:reurned
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-61-ass,-Set-7.-aPartAnd-inferiar---Lin -the-' ' •:•••"--
qtialities that make ,for successful •
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Let: iiS 'think this matter.' over. :
seriously: ...Let Us: '`Pii,11" for Der ,. -
partments of7Agric.-ini tu.re -in. our ...: • . '
local 'High •Schools .z What' otherS,:' , . ....
::1-iave dbne to 'advantage,' so • 9-a-ri.7-- 7. ,..
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Yours , very truly, _
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'71 ctor Schools, t, : ; . •
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, • WalIcerten, Ontario; .• , • • ' , • • , •
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WITH THECHILDREN'S
AID
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SOCIETW§
How ,to 'Charge the 'lliimebreaker! 717 : • ':• ,
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other, subjects.
In Grade.' X the boys have .4
periods' in. agriculture and 6 in
ao-15. Tnany -of
. the Children's, Aid/ Societies. of
the Province of Ontarie., have had:.$
to 'deal ,wi:th the ..increggLig mint- •
'bPr of •ca:ses Where a man would - •
seduce- :a wife and:. n;iottieri to
leave.....h.er...labine, in cases :1.
her Childr'eri would ht-,brot,igilt
by the father t� their SodietY fbr- • ,."'•
eare., - , ,
• The fact that the 'wor,t,jan. could ,
Time_AVill' net 'permit :many de- hoine ecenornics.. The.•••reinaining: ,d
d 'for an•-• •
if sent •emove ,
tails to be given but. provision is .40 periods are, used for Other
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, • • • • oth•er period front her . resPonsi- •
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made .1or, a, 76 per cent grant on jecth. , . , ;
• . ' -bilities seemed a quite inadequate .
capital' e;c.penditure in. building All : ... ,
All piipils. in Grades 'ix .and t5C",
- .an.SY:svei, to tile _situation. '7,1".1-1...,-4
appeared. to be no legislation tin-
der •.....
:.*hich tlie •,., man who 80 .-so'-', .
duces-.a Married .Worrian. away '
from IerThome.. and, resPonsibi-1,1,t, , ; . .:*-•'. ,r:,: -::?,* , ,.1 '''
4,0s....,cons...b.c...c.horsg,e,..7,.. '
$ 'On. taking the :inatter uP., with
. tali:6 'these, subjects . and if hey-
.Storer,00rn , and. a pp - per , pen
remain in school after. glade .N,
grant. ori the, cost ..of all ,new..
they May • corn15.1ete Middle and .•
equipment during the -first , t
--.w° Upper Sc,hool courses Without ,los'
.y ears. - • '.., .... - ' • ,.(4..,ittisq.„ „,EFsvislotus ..:Ls.,e__,...i,a,...„
6F671r-'Tni'lr''5ej'Y'ml'-'bb'a'.rt17 Tor, tthe :.7eonthittatice a the gri... '
could. have the atricultdral Class.; -
-'Fartiiing.iS Scientific -Ls -all sue-
cossful, 'fanners knoW;this ,--- the
othci'rs should, Qur cities. have
their ..vbcation'al schools; VAY,
s houldh."t; we Ititve Vocational •kle."
p*artments.' in' the 15 secopdary
of r du i • hoolsoof the .coiinty? ' • "
room 'ft) ity equipped 'in*thatAiine...
In addition .anitual, grants
paid for establishing th7:1-5e7art,-•
merit' of AAriculttire and Coridtict-
cUltural 'course itt Middle: School.
Upper',Sehool., records since*: 1913'
ard. In. 1914,.., 100 percent. were
•successful the ,Grade
ing • it properft for eicperirilental . •
partmental exarninations ;and it
plots,: On inaterials,..on• .teaCher;'.
is reaSOnable.ta.COneluder.that the
salaries, for suriuner sUPerViSion,
. vocational Work in ; the 'Lower
for hot lunches,' Ihe. use of.
School: doot adversely affeA
school property' as .a community.
the results iri,"-the 1V1. iddle and 'V.
'centre- ..fOr Ahe 'eo,ordination .6f. •
the '..Shop,„ ,-home economics
-cli,Siei-,Vrhi then'aglICilitiftg WO -
:grain; 'the annual grants alone
may .re46'h''.$25QQ,,, (Three :points,
are particularly Stiessi ed in -these'
grants, namely, 10Qp'ercent of the
cost ..of .supei•visior during° the
.staniner 'months, rr maxirnuin. of:
$801i stri, the cost of serving,
'" • ittrich at -noon td.
brotight.fram-
' • -- -'. -of 4400 CropS,- etc. which were taken dur-
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,The,-grAde-..X-L-,boy,s,,ereet-edrfd -
fully :insulateda eolony typo
potiltry house from the: latest '
plans available, ' ,
•° Two. h.:et beds,oneelectrically
heated, are Planted and cared, for,
as part- of. thes, wprk...in
„boys undertook. wine
dfihite ho-ne pro -jet relating to
dairying, live stock, potiltry, field
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the. magisti•ates and junior judges
they 'found. that 1 these partieS .
haye-teen--re erring-. ...er
ta the AttorneYLGeneral's depart- • •
Merit% for some time withbtit,
Sults,•., • .. ; ' -7,r .. :': ' ' .,.' • „.. ' '
• A.S.:the IA*. now: Staild'sfel.la.v.e:' ,
n Ii i I • h
machi err ft? : . r• d e rig, w t,t. 1 e ,
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'parties 'elireet,Iy- cOneerned. 'biit- ,••••2
no rnachine*i.,for dealingwith...
...the ' third" parties •.'whe. throw '• a . -•.. •
.'tno.. hIcory---,-.*-reheil-i-n-t4-1-Ro4anyi-tv,7*-.: ' -
. This niattery'is• to, be -taken n ' .
at the Association meeting, (in the .•-•,. ' ''''' ''' ' ,
first and.seconCi of 1lune in Toe -
(info whens.it is :,' e*pected . tila,t ..,- ' A , :.... ,'.. .'.
Alley. will ask for an ''arnenclmerit
to 't : • " ,. ,..:'
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