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Evening Star, Issue 21093, 4 May 1932, Page 6

The SMALL FARM and it’s benefits The farmers of New Zealand are fully conversant with the conditions of Scheme 4a and 4b undtef which additional labour may be secured from the ranks of the unemployed for form develop* mental work. < ■■ The solution of our present problem will be mainly found in getting our unemployed men and women into industry. As farming is the principal industry in New Zealand the Government have now introduced a new measure designed to assist farming and to give further relief to unemployed married men* by placing them and their families on rural allotments. The Government will Buy, or Lease with the Option of Purchase, Suitable Farm Land Areas of 5 to 10 Acres. On each small allotment they will erect a neat Public Works type of cottage and will there set up a reliable unemployed man with his wife and family. The occupant may work part of his time for the farmer, part for nearby farmers, or anyone in the locality who can employ him. The balance of his time he will spend on his own small farm to provide his own sustenance. In those cases where relief workers so placed on the land are not able immediately to earn an independent livelihood, some part of the existing unemployed relief allowance will be continued* AN APPEAL TO FARMERS There are many farmers in New Zealand to-day who possess more land than they can profitably occupy; there are many farmers, too, owning land which is lying unproductive because of lack ol finance to carry out necessary work such as draining, reclaiming, clearing, stumping, etc* To these farmers, the Small Farm Plan offers a splendid opportunity. It will assist the farming community and will provide additional labour when required. It will give an impetus to forming production and at the same time afford an opportunity to many unemployed men who are ready and .willing to turn their labour into productive channels. The Small Farm Plan is Already a Success Although this plan is yet in its infancy, its advantages have been readily appreciated and it 2s operating with marked success in certain localities where the experiment has been tried. Many of the farming community are co-operating splendidly and as a result quite a number of unemployed men are now in productive employment while others are being transferred as allotments become available. There are numerous cases of the farmer agreeing to take a relief worker on his place with a cottage provided, the farmer setting aside a few acres and providing a cow or two, pigs, and such farm products as he can, while the relief worker agrees to work on stated terms on the fofnu Many farmers have offered some of their idle land for development under this scheme, the worker being offered the opportunity to settle on a stated area. Farmers— Will You Give, Sell or Lease a Few Acres? What an asset it will be to have additional labour readily available and what a great national service you will be rendering in lessening the unemployment difficulty by giving some good man a chance in productive industry ! In order to ensure the success of the Small Farm Plan the Government will, where necessary, continue payment of a part of the existing unemployment relief allowance to the relief worker placed on the allotment. Farmers! .Will you get fn touch with the Department of Agriculture, Wellington, or a district organiser or local representative of the Agriculture Department. d. G. Coates. Minister of Employment. TO HELP YOU MUST ACT QUICKLY TODAY!