Education 



classes that we need. We want a systematic 

 development of continuation instruction, by 

 means of day continuation classes, for the 

 rural lads, which would carry their education 

 on to at least the age of sixteen. It is 

 surprising how much can be learnt in half a 

 day a week. If the farmers want to have 

 a good class of labourer they must make it 

 possible for the youths to receive this instruc- 

 tion, and they must aid and not hinder the 

 local education authorities in developing a 

 system of continuation instruction. It would 

 be well for County Councils to make experi- 

 ments in continuation instruction so as to 

 discover the type of school best suited to 

 local conditions, rather than wait until the 

 central authority takes up the question, for 

 this is bound to come ere long. 



It is no use for the farmer to say that 

 continuation instruction is impossible be- 

 cause it would interfere with farm work. It 

 has been achieved in other countries, and 

 therefore it is possible here. 



To come to the education of the farmers* 

 sons. Those who go to a secondary school 

 should receive science instruction with a 



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