THe JOURNAL 



OF 



LIBRARY 

 NEW YORK 

 BOTANICAL 



pARDEN. 



Yfie department of S^gricufture. 



Vol. VII. Part 10. 



11th October, 1909. 



TRAINING BOYS AT THE YITICULTURAL COLLEGE, 

 RUTHERGLEN.-A SOCL\L EXPERLMENT. 



G. H. Adcock. F.L.S., Principal. 



A few years ago, with a view of utilizing the unoccupied buildings at 

 the Viticultural College, and at the same time benefiting the State wards, 

 a bold and novel experiment was made by the Victorian Department of 

 Agriculture. This was the sending of a number of these lads to be 

 trained in the various branches of rural work on the |,md attached to the 



VITICULTURAL COLLEGE, RUTHERGLEN. 



College. Bovs of good character, who had attained the age of fourteen 

 years, and who had an inclination for " going on the land, were selected 

 by the Neglected Children's Department and sent up to undergo a course 

 of training in viticulture and agriculture till thev reachetl the age of 

 eighteen }-ears, when State control ended. 

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