ON THE FARM.
"Reproach to Dairy Industry" is the Wj ing of a long article on what farmers (Md do in New Zealand. We are depending to much on pastures, the area under the ptoogj is too small. Quite right, but —;• Wll the writer tell us where we are to proco» the labour to assist in working the farm! can put my hand on fifty real gdod few hands, but do you think they will 0! a farm when they can make very much W* r wages with fewer working hours in the re® camps ? A friend of mine is milking 60 cOfl —just himself and wife. Do you think rt possible for him to do justice to his hero ® his farm ? The last Government made it had, and the new may make it worse by addition* attractions to unemployed relief workers M anything but farming pursuits. If f ar ® er< ' are the backbone of the country, I T ... there is curvature of the spine developing rapidly. LAZY BONES.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 297, 16 December 1935, Page 6
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169ON THE FARM. Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 297, 16 December 1935, Page 6
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