In October 1909 a Gleaner reporter went to take a look at the progress of the new Farm School project: 

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. . . and in the following month there was an advertisement for the Farm School - 

and Governor Olivier made his comment on the significance of the new Farm School - 

a branch of the J.A.S. also expressed approval:

Daily Gleaner, December 28, 1909

CENTRAL ST. ANDREW BRANCH.
A meeting of the Central St. Andrew  Agrlcultural Branch Society was held at Mount Tirza, on Wednesday evening the 22nd
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The Agricultural Instructor spoke on the Government School Farm and read the prospectus, and everyone present agreed that it would be very beneficial to the young men of the Island if they would only take advantage of it, but regretted that therwas but a very few that could take the advantage offered in those
districts at present.