INEFFICIENT FARMERS
Asked whether it was the inefficiency of the farmer which had brought the trouble on himself, Mr. E. W. Nicolaus, speaking at Seatoun last night, answered that it was impossible to attribute the slump to this cause as all the world over the same conditions prevailed, and one would have to condemn all fanners in the world, all the transporters and secondary workers as well to uphold that argument. It was well known lhat the New Zealand fanner? as well as farmers in other countries had increased their production year by year, releasing more and more men from primary industry, and enabling them to engage in the manufacture of the hundred, and one comforts and luxuries which society used today.
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Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 123, 20 November 1935, Page 19
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122INEFFICIENT FARMERS Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 123, 20 November 1935, Page 19
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