§ 95. Mr. LESLIE SCOTTasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Agriculture whether the experiment of training fifty disabled soldiers carried out by the Board of Education at the Holmes Chapel and Harper Adams Agricultural Colleges, pursuant to the recommendations of the Interim Report of the De- partmental Committee upon the Settlement and Employment of Sailors and Soldiers on the Land has been a success; and whether he will inform the House what reports he has received from the principals of these colleges on the general question of disabled men being able to earn a living either in employment at wages on farms or as small holders?
§ Mr. ACLANDThe experiment of training fifty disabled men at an Agricultural College has certainly proved a success up to the present. All the men selected were sent to Holmes Chapel, and the principal reports that, with one or two exceptions, the men have worked creditably and shown a keen interest. 210 Fourteen men have completed courses of training and left the college, and the great majority have taken up agricultural employment. One of them has been appointed a sub-inspector in the Horticultural Branch of the Board. At present there are thirty-three disabled men in residence at the college, and the principal reports they are showing great promise.