FREE AGRICULTURAL TRAINING IN CANADA .
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sin,--In view of the problem which faces parents whose sons are seeking a career after leaving our public and secondary schools, may I ask that you will give publicity to the fact that a number of vacancies still exist under a Government scheme for agricultural training about to commence in Alberta, Canada ? Full details of the course can be obtained from the Oversea Settlement Department of the Dominions Office, Caxton House, Westminster, S.W. 1, Or from the Director of European Emigration for Canada, The Canadian Building, Trafalgar Square, S.W. I. It may, however, be briefly stated here that the course will comprise the principles of dairying, poultry farming, farm managethent, field husbandry, veterinary science and ether subjects calculated to afford a valuable training for young men proposing to take up farming as a career. The tuition is free, but each applicant is required to pay $30 a month for the expenses of board and lodging. The course commences on October 27th next, and lasts until the end of March, 1926. It is, therefore, required that each boy must be in possession of a sum of not less than £50 to cover these expenses.
At the Conclusion of the course, the Government of Alberta undertake to find each student paid employment throughout the ensuing summer upon a suitable farm within the Province,
after which he should have no difficulty in finding continuous farm work, thus acquiring the local experience essential to taking up a Canadian farm on his own account. Arrangements have been made with the shipping companies under which selected candidates will proceed in parties from the port of embarkation right through to their destination in Alberta. Accordingly, if two or three friends desire to go together, it will be possible to meet their wishes.—I am, Sir, &c.,
G. F. PLANT, .
Secretary, Oversea Settlement Committee. Oversea Settlement Department, Dominions Office, Caxton House, Tothill Street, London, S.W. 1.
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