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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 3832, 16 August 1928, Page 1

A Waimate Plains farmer with 50 acres took over £IOOO from his place last season, and expects to do much better this season. He runs about 30 cows, feeding and looking after them well. Commenting on this result the other day, a Manaia professional man voiced the opinion to a Taranaki News reporter that if the whole of the rich plains were similarly divided and worked the produce taken off would be twice as much as it is today. The worst feature, of the effects of the boom was That justice was not being done to the land. A large proportion of the farmers were quite unable to pay for fertilisers or effect improvements essential to a maximum production. Later, when things had settled down and farmers got into a better position, he had no doubt that the production of the plains would “not only startle New Zealand but the whole world,” for there was no equal in fertility to the lands of the Waimate Plains.