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55 Agricultural Organisers 468 Agricultural Assistants in the counties The Universities offered three to four year Degree and Honours Courses in Agriculture and allied subjects. In addition, Cambridge and Oxford arranged one year Post Graduate Diplomas and Durham, Leeds, Reading, Aberystwyth and Bangor Universities offered two year Diploma Courses in either Agriculture, Dairying, Horticulture or Estate Management. On completion of the Diploma Courses, the majority of students sat for one or other of the National Diplomas: N.D.A., N.D.D., N.D.P., N.D.H., etc. The Agricultural Colleges offered two year courses leading to a Diploma and the majority of the Colleges catered for the external National Diploma examinations. The Farm Institutes offered a one year General Course in Agriculture or Horticulture. The Principal was also responsible for all Agricultural Education and advisory work in his county.[i] AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION CENTRES IN 1939 Provincial Universities Agricultural Farm Agricultural with Colleges Institutes Advisory Centres Agricultural Departments Bristol University Cambridge Cirencester Essex Cambridge University Durham Leeds Swanley Horticulture Cumberland Lancashire Hampshire Leeds University London Wye Staffordshire Newcastle Oxford Button Bonington Cheshire University Reading Studley Hertfordshire Wye Aberystwyt College Aberystwyth Horticulture Harper Somerset Northamptonshir h Bangor Adams Seale e East Sussex University Hayne Kent Durham Bangor University Caernarvonshire [i] Denbighshire Monmouthshire Carmarthenshire Counties which had not established Farm Institutes, such as Wiltshire, appointed an Agricultural Organiser and assistants to deal with all matters concerning Agriculture and Agricultural Education. In 1939, there were 55 Agricultural Organisers and 468 assistants.
When World War II ended, and following the Butler Education Act of 1944 which recognised Agricultural Education as a branch of Further Education, exchequer grants were increased to provide more Research Stations and Farm Institutes. During this period, 1945-1970, a technological revolution was taking place in in British Agriculture and-Horticulture. New techniques in Crop and animal husbandry, mechanisation and labour saving devices, together with work studies and improved business and marketing methods, all contributed towards a decline in the number of full-time farm workers and new entrants to the industry. In 1964, the number of regular full-time male farm workers between the ages of 20 and 64 was 250,000, which declined by 60,000 in 1970. The old craftsmen, such as thatchers, stack builders, carters, hedgers, handmilkers etc. were no longer needed and there was a new demand for well-educated and skilled trained workers by farmers to handle the sophisticated and expensive machinery, and technicians to supervise the work of various departments on the larger farms and estates. By 1965, the number of Agricultural students attending Universities and Colleges doubled the pre-war figure and there were 37 Farm Institutes with a record number of 2900 full-time and 8000 part-time students (all ages). It is interesting to find that although the number of new entrants declined, there was a steady increase in the number receiving full-time and part-time education and training. On the farms, the productivity was also increasing by double the national average in industry. Farmers were paying good wages to skilled and well-trained men and a new wages structure, based on Proficiency Tests by the newly formed Agricultural Training Board, was an added incentive for skilled farm workers and apprentices. By 1975, it is estimated that approximately half of those employed full-time in the industry will have received some from of Agricultural education and training. Between 1943 and 1970, the development of Agricultural Education was considered by independent Committees and a series of reports were issued from time to time by the Ministries of Education and Agriculture offering advice, guidance and recommendations to those Local Authorities interested in the subject. These reports were far reaching and helpful and will be discussed in some detail in Chapter II, which deals with the History of Agricultural Education in Wiltshire.
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CHAPTER IX WILTSHIRE YOUNG FARMERS'
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CHAPTER XVII AGRICULTURAL TRAINING
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