NEW ZEALAND LAND TOO DEAR.
“I think that land in New Zealand is altogether too dear for the pastoralists to make any progress,” said Dr. Thomas Oliver, D.Sc., principal emeritus of the Scottish Woollen Technical College, Galashiels, speaking in Palmerston N. on Tuesday. “Land in the Lowlands around Edinburgh, and similar to that here, is leased at £5 an. acre,” said Dr. Oliver. “It is within easy access of city markets. Your land purchased at £IOO an acre and 12,000 miles from the market canno,}; possibly produce good results. The London martet, I am informed, demands first-grade lambs at 361 b. That is absurd, because the lamb is killed just at the time when it is making most growth. It has been estimated at half to a pound a day. We sell lambs up to 501 b. quite readily in Scotland.”
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Manawatu Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 4415, 8 November 1934, Page 3
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141NEW ZEALAND LAND TOO DEAR. Manawatu Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 4415, 8 November 1934, Page 3
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