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Junior Farmers Clubs were established throughout the State in 1928. The Clubs were intended to be comprised of boys undertaking farm enterprises on their parents' holdings. They were organised and supervised by teachers selected for the purpose, in association with the Department of Agriculture who supplied expert advice as required and specialised scientific direction where necessary (1), with the pupose of cultivating a scientific attitude and an interest in the work of the farm.(2)In 1938 two additional supervisors of Junior Farmers Clubs were appointed as numerous Clubs were formed across the State.(3)
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1.Parliamentary Papers 1929-30, Vol 1, Report of the Minister of Public Instruction for the year 1928, p.203
2.ibid, p.204
3.Parliamentary Papers 1938-39-40, Vol 1, Report of the Minister of Public Instruction for 1938, p.1199
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