THE LEAKS ON MANY FARMS.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLI, Issue XLI, 7 May 1921, Page 3

THE LEAKS ON MANY FARMS.

It is quite frequently remarked that ' we- oftentimes- resent being toid the truth about ourselves, and yet to be brought face to face with facts should be acceptable to us all. If our wish is to remedy our own surroundings and leaTe the community a little better than we found it, which should be the aim of every right r th inking person, then we should be quite willing .to SO1 dissect the arguments of anyone pick out1 whatever there is that applies to our particular business along this line. There are, on many farms, leaks that prove a heavy drain upon the finances, leaks that are within the reach of most farmers to plug. Possibly the greater leaks are among our live stock, the class of stock that we keep, and how we keep them. The farmer who is raising or keeping an inferior class of stock very seldom realises the extent to which his business is handicapped. The man who keeps his stock upon a ration that will barely sustain ther animal cannot expect mucji returns in meat, milk, or wool. "If lie should expect it he will meet with disappointment. The man who fails-to-ga ther his farm machinery in out 'of the wet and frost is allowing his hard earned cash, to leak awiiy; the v man who allows a number of fijtiit trees to go uncared for,' year after year, without any possible chance of adequate returns has a leak that he can plug; the man who sows weed seeds is increasing his farming difficulties and ; increasing waste; the man. who allows the mice and rats to consume the grain that the stock should be getting is allowing a big leak to remain unplugged, when a few sheets of tin would very largely supply a. remedy.