LAND EROSION.
FACING THE PROBLEM.
FARMERS WILL CO OPERATE.
(By Telegraph.—Prcas Association.)
WELLINGTON, Friday
• Asked to-day to. comment on the Government's netting up of a committee to inquire into land dcteriora tion and erosion problems, the l>oniinion secretary of the New Zealand Farmers' Union, Mr. A. 1». O'Shea, said this move would be wclcoined by the farming community. He considered, however, that the committee would be very much strengthened by the inclu sion of two practical farmers who had had experience of grazing problems, particularly on North Island country. Another matter requiring urgent attention was the graduated land tax, said Mr. O'Shea. Land tax was killing this country. New Zealand must realise that, if the production of the sheep industry was to be kept up land tax must go. '
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 220, 17 September 1938, Page 24
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