The secondary agricultural school of the Jewish Farmers’ Federation in Palestine was officially inaugurated here October 23. Pardess Hanna, named after the mother of Baron Edmond de Rothschild, is a PICA colony.
Forty students were registered in the first two classes. A boarding house and model farm are attached to the school. Members of the Jewish Farmers’ Federation are agriculturists resident in prewar settlements.
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