NEW ZEALAND FARMS

Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 40, 17 February 1933, Page 9

NEW ZEALAND FARMS

;^UFE MADE EASY*

Australians Impressed;

(From "The Ports. Representativjß.") .-.::■■:-, - vrSYDNEY"'February: *). Th^i/Victorian:; Mariners Iwhp ' reTecentiy Visited '■ Ifew- Zealand ~~ Vwere greatly impressed- with; what they saw in tho Dominion::and:have: returnbd convinced -that -conditions there are very'much'/in adyanee of Jhpse.to^befound:m:Australia. Mem- ■ b,?.™ ••* *he- delegation have drawn fpf the benefit of.their fellows an attractive picture: of-dairy farming in the Worth .Island, and have enlarged ■ on the neat ana cosy homes- o£ the farmers. They say that in New Zealand "cow coekying" is no longer a drudgery, and that 'the farmers in New Zealand live in comparative ease yiewed from Australian standards. ,' ;> ' Mr. 8. G. Greenwood, of Kerang,a director of the party, referring to New Zealand farmers," said: "Their homes are bright and'comfortable, scrupulously clean, and designed with every thought of saving labour iox the women folk. la consequence the farmer's wife is far better off than women on dairy farms in Australia, for they are seldom .called ;upon to dp outside work.. 'With most of the; farms supplied .by electricity, milking,: as well as -jmany. other -operatipns, is 'worked ihechanically'at a'ldw cost and little hard labour is entailed." Mr. Green-wood-joined-with others in admitting that New Zealand had much to teach. Australia in the matter of farm management. The farms in New Zealand were from 150 to 250 aces, carrying ' two cows to the acre^ There was a noticeable absence -of horses, and ploughing was- not indulged in to any extent,' as the .' pastures were established. The use of artificial manures to as much as sewt to the acre had to be adopted regularly, because of the lightness of the soil. In Victoria the use of lcwt was considered to be genCTOtiS. - - . ■ "The New Zealanders sought to convince'us that they were now facing the period of depression from which. Australia is emerging," said Mr Greenwobd. "There was certainly no signs of depression among the farmers, .who treated us with every hospitality, and it is likely that arrange-' m.ents T^ill be made for them to.pay a return' visit to Vietqria when the time is opportune." Arrangguigj!^ - were ' made bisr,* the party for a continuous supply of perennial rye seed for the establishment of pastures in the irrigation districts of Northern Victoria: With an assured supply of seed of good quality i^; is' not considered that the growing of perennial rye will present great diffibulties. . "Experimental plots already grown around Kprang have proved the-value of this grass.