Training Young
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Tractor Drivers
DRESIDING at a conference con
vened by the, Tractor Users' Association, in London, on Tuesday, Lord Phillimore said that it was disastrous to lose the best land workers because there were not enough good jobs. He remarked however, that, owing to improved organization and the use of modern machinery, every year since 1930 had seen a marked increase in the output of produce per worker over the whole country. ATIr. Wannop Williamson suggested that the training of instructors was the first need.
Mr. Fletcher stated that at the Chadacre Farm Institute instruction on tractor work was enthusiastically received by worker-type students, and that the demand for employment of such boys could not be satisfied. It was suggested by Mr. Bewsher, representing the Rural Industries Bureau, that the work of existing blacksmiths might be developed to offer a useful system of service depots.
Mr. Patterson expressed a farmer's point of view, suggesting that individual manufacturers should give training facilities on their special lines of equipment. Mr. D. R. Bomford (T.U.A.) spoke of the skill in tractor driving developed by farm-trained boys under 16 years old. Mr. MacMillan (Cambridgeshire) referred to the work of the Village Colleges, by means of which classes Were being started in his county.
Mr. E. C. H. Maddy, chairman of the commercial committee of the N.F.U., said that he was concerned at the great shortage of labour, which was likely to be accentuated. He wanted boys leaving school to have immediate tuition.
He moved to set up a subcommittee from those present, to consider in detail the policy of the LILA., which provided for utilizing existing institutions, by the efforts of county staffs; the training of instructors for the work; and the provision of funds to afford training and maintenance for young workers while learning:
The subcommittee, the address of which will be care of Tractor Users' Association, 66, Victoria Street, London. S.W.1, was elected as follows:— Messrs. E. C. H. Maddy, D. R. Bamford, A. Hay, J. Hunter Smith, L. G. Troup, M. MacMillan, S. P. L. Bewsher and D. N. McHardy.