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Show lLlfl FOR Fii II To Settle Soldiers on Land on Their Return to America. NEW YORK, Nov. 30. Dr. Kenyon L. Butterf ieM, president of the Massachusetts Massachu-setts commission in charge of vocational training for American troops abroad, sailed today for France to organize there a staff of agriculturists who will make it possible, for the "khaki university" to add to Its curriculum a course in farming. Beforo sailing, Mr. Butterf leld announced an-nounced he would be followed by several presidents and deans of American agricultural agri-cultural colleges and that, in addition, he expected to find awaiting him In Paris a l!st of former students, teachers and alumni of agricultural colleges, who are now in tho army, but who would be available avail-able for his staff. "From the United States alone we shall recruit experts on soils and fertilizers, cotton and other southern crops, grain and northern crops, livestock, dairying, horticulture, agricultural eng.neermg, farm management, agricultural economics eco-nomics and country life," he said. "lectures and demonstrations will be conducted by the visitation method; that Is, by utilizing all the opportunities overseas over-seas for giving the men an ins'ght into the bpst French farming methods, horse breeding, intensive gardening and the 1'ko. It is expected that the loors of the great French universities will be thrown upn to the men of advanced classes. "We expect to be confronted with th problem of many men who have never done any agricultural work, but who feel that when they are demobilized they would like to make their living from the soil. We intend to co-operate in any constructive plan that may be offered for settling large numbers of tho fighting fight-ing men on the land when they return to America." |