FARMERS HELP EACH OTHER

Press, Volume XCVIII, Issue 28896, 16 May 1959, Page 9

FARMERS HELP EACH OTHER

Peninsula Man’s Gratitude A Banks Peninsula dairy farmer who had temporarily to leave his farm and seek employment in Christchurch when his cows dried off prematurely in the recent drought is grateful to a Tai Tapu farmer, Mr G. L. Dean, who gave him six weeks’ free grazing for seven Friesian cows. The cows, which had been grazing on the Tai Tapu farm since April 1, returned home this week. The Peninsula farmer, who has not long been farming on his own account, said that the action of Mr Dean and an Oxford man who gave him about 12 bales of hay, were evidence that there were still many warm-hearted, tjelpful people about. Mr Dean said this week that he had made his offer of grazing to the Department of Agriculture, who handed it on to the Peninsula farmer, as he had some feed, “you may never know when you may want a hand yourself,” and because the department itself had been helpful to him on several occasions. The same Peninsula farmer has been grazing another five head of his herd —three calves and two cows—rat Styx for a modest charge. Ther offer of this grazing was made to him following a newspaper report of his plight. A relative has also made hay available to him at a very much reduced charge.