FUTURE OF N.Z.

Grey River Argus, 27 April 1929, Page 5

FUTURE OF N.Z.

Depends on the Land. HON MR COBBE’S STATEMENT. FEILDING, April 26. Speaking at the opening of the Young Farmers’ Club Show. Hon J. G. Cobbe, in congratulating the promoters on their encouraging interest in agriculture, said that for last year ending on March 31st, our exports to ailed £57,154,343, of which £53,417,328 came off the land.

Recently, he said, he had visited some of the principal factories of the Dominion, and, in complimenting the manufacturers on their excellent products, he pointed out that their market was only a local one. They must sell their manufactures within New Zealand. Therefore their progress and success depended on the prosperity of the farmers. The most troublesome problem to-day was unemployment. The relief work was* only a temporary expedient. The real remedy was to be reached through the avenue of land settlement, and the intensive farming of small areas. Such a remedy required careful consideration before its adoption. Those encouraging the young people to take a real interest in farming were doing a valuable work, and were helping to solve the unemployment problem. (