The National Farm School at Doylestown opened its 36th annual session here with an unusually large registration. The school, which is supported by contributing Jews, trains boys for agricultural labor by alternative sessions in the classroom and on the field.
Herbert D. Allman, president, in his annual address, said in part: “To the unemployed, flight from the city to country offers no economic remedy for social ills unless they are equipped with labor saving machinery and know how to farm. Untrained in accurate knowledge, enthusiastic pioneers at best eke out a bare living besides aggravating overproduction.”
Mr. Allman stressed the need for the school and said such institutions help solve unemployment in cities.
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