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Show Farm Engineering Course Offered to Yci-!.s More Nciions! Fcimo'ation Announces Fr Scholarships Scholar-ships Are Now AvaiL'oia the home field is the Roal of the I 1' uumkit ion," says " ' I-arm youths in the past nave lnnucn j for opportunily elsewhere. Many 1 At least ten free scholarships for J tlu slmiv of f.i-in inan:'."i'iiH'iit and cnL'hH'eri:;:: v.ii! he awarded to farm youths in this vicinity, according to 'word received here todav by liil,;r- 11,-iclo- t'o. IOail, I't'ih Till scholarships, available to youiiK men between the apes of 18 and 25 wdio are actually enp.iKed in Ifarm work, will consist of home jsludy course, together with practical prac-tical training and experience under jloral farm conditions. They are provided pro-vided by the National Farm Youth Foundation, which has been created 'by the Ferguson-Sherman Manu-jlarturiiir; Manu-jlarturiiir; Corporation of Dearborn, .Michigan, with the active co-operation of Henry Ford and EdscI Ford. "Young men of the (arm have not .realized their opportunities on the home soil," said Henry Ford in announcing his participation in the Foundation. "As a result, many of jthem have left the farm. "The family system of farming Ihas suffered and we want to see it re-built. As a matter of fact, the , j ; . i ! . M i ' ! t I . I . 5 l.rinifr-MII..-?Ynt. 1 foundation seeks to help the young man of the farm to realize his aspirations aspira-tions for happiness and prosperity. "I am told that eighty per cent of .the graduates of agricultural colleges have been going to the towns and cities for their careers instead of returning to the farm. The remaining remain-ing 20 per cent are not enough to give the farm the needed leadership in agricultural progress. "Better farming methods today will mean better farms tomorrow and rural youth will be more inclined to stay close to the soil." Young men enrolled under these icholarships also will compete for salaried jobs with the sponsoring company and its distributors. One student will be selected from this section to work at the factory for a year at a salary of $150 a month. He will be given specialized training in the use, application and the maintenance main-tenance of the tractor and its equipment. equip-ment. Second award in this general area is a job with the distributor at $125 a month. Additional students will be placed in jobs as quickly as possible, with the eventual aim of giving them training and experience which they may bring to bear on future fu-ture problems in their own community. com-munity. . Success for local young men in could not , finance a college education. educa-tion. Others found funds lacking to set up in farming for themselves. "Even those who have gone to college have not found in local fields the opportunity they sought," he added. "Most of these boys wind up in towns and cities. If this move-' ment can be halted the community will benefit by the training and education edu-cation its own young men are receiving re-ceiving and will receive in the future." fu-ture." Announcement of the scholarships was accompanied by the explanation that the Foundation does not conflict nor compete with the splendid work being done by the 4-H Clubs and the Smith-Hughes vocational agriculture high schools. Through its higher age limit it affords opportunity for study and advancement to farm youths who have already passed the age at which the activities of the organizations organiza-tions mentioned are available. I Young men, to be eligible for scholarships, must be between the ages already given, and must be American citizens, of good character, and actually work on a farm. Young men wishing to apply for enrollment or to secure more detailed information informa-tion about the scholarships may do so by getting in touch with ' Homer Tractor Co. Logan, Utah |