GROWN LANDS.
AMALGAMATION POLICY. Yfe. WELLINGTON, June 17. vf The Government’s policy of amalgamating uneconomic Crown lands farms was referred to by the Minister of Lands (Hon. F. Langstone) on Saturday. The Minister, who said that 87, areas in Canterbury were now being worked by 47 occupiers, gave an'explanation of his policy of establishing a basis for economic farming. "Since I have been Minister of Lands I have endeavoured.to establish a basis for economic farming,” Langstone., "Dairy .farms- must produce about, 60001 b of butterfat to providesufficient income for the farmer to have a standard of living and to meet liis commitments of rent, interest and other charges. If the farm cannot provide that income, it is uneconomic. The same applies on sheep farms and mixed farms. The basis of true land settlement is a decent area of land, giving an annual value of productivity to meet all charges of a farmer who utilises the land in a hnsband-like way.”
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 169, 17 June 1940, Page 8
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