FARM LABOURERS
Sir, —“Farm Labourer No. 1” might think my criticism harsh, but a life experience on the land has been my lot. I appreciate the weather conditions and the hardships that are part of his calling, but the life has compensations also. It is futile to consider a 40-hour week for farmer or farm-worker while people crave for food, and to suggest a five-day week with higher pay for less production will not fill the hungry. The farm labourer of today is the farmer of the future; but I have yet to hear of a scheme that would facilitate the process by which a farm-worker can become a farmer. A scheme to encourage the farmworker to own his own small holding is worthy of consideration by the Government and would solicit the suggestions and support of farmers’ organisations.—Yours, etc., THINK AGAIN. July 28, 1947.
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Press, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 25248, 29 July 1947, Page 4
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