FLAX CULTIVATION SHARES

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 15 June 1926, Page 6

FLAX CULTIVATION SHARES

MODERN METHODS

11 has been ihe result of the alarming doorcase in our natural forest reserves that has brought realforestjaion of waste lands into such prominence in .this country and to such a degree has the public realised tho ..urgent necessity of providing for our future requirements that upwards of £2,000,000 ljas been invested in New Zealand reafforestation schemes. Certain classes of ihe community, such as school teachers who are, by their occupation, more studious of mind Ilian many other sections of tho community, have invested lb such an extent that it is staled at least 70 per cent of the school teachers of the Dominion have invested money in afforestation. The main idea, no doubt, has been to provide for their future and that of their dependents. Railwavmen, post aiid telegraph staff, school teachers, insurance and hanking staffs and members of the public service generally are all aware of the value of superannuation arid are capable of appreciation the benefits of compulsory saving as a means of the leminiation of money gobbles in the future. Tho habit of voluntary saving is demonstrated by the large total of deposits in the Post Office Savings Bank and private saving banks, life insurance, State Advances, loans, etc. The provison for an independence in our future is a duty no one can afford to ignore for his own sake as well as for the sake of his family: With alb these methods now conies a new opportunity, on a safe, sound and permanent basis in the most promising business in the country today. The wonderful profits to be obtained from; the cultivation and milling of the phofmium terms’ (N.Z. flax) under a system of planting and cultivation, together with the new scientific method of side leaf cutting and grown by milling Company (as distinct from milling on Royalty) are available now for the public consideration. Just as modern methods of dealing with trees will give great profits in the future, so will the modern methods of dealing with the flax plant, hut with this diflerenee, the returns will he obtained yearly after a waiting period of only two to four years, and the accumulated value of the investment at a given period will be as great as is claimed for afforestation. Further, once flax is planted, it does not have to he replanted and can he cut every year almost indefinitely, while increasing in strength and growth year by year until it reaches a certain average of maturity arid still goes on being cut every year. It is even of greater value than trees, because its hemp fibre is almost entirely an exportable product .and it means an increase in our exports, a thing the country badly needs. Whereas under the old system of buying the flax leaf on a royalty basis of so much per ton, an average profit on capital invested of 20 per cent, per annum -has been obtainable. Now practical and. experienced men in the business and who represent the more progressive element engaged in this industry fully believe that a net return of four times as much or up to 80 per cent is now quite possible. Modern and scientific methods are supplanting the old and have opefted up an entirely new era in the business. The public has the opportunity now of getting in at once on the ground floor, in a first class investment, backed by some of Auckland’s most prominent citizens, It is such an opportunity that does not often occur. Messrs Wilson Bros., Company Organisers, Brunswick Buildings 174 Queen Street, Auckland, cal'’red Seifert Coy., Ltd, (flax growers and millers), w'd be pleased to supply you, without any cost or obligation f on your part, with all particulars. Local agent, Mr J. Cowie-Wilson, c/o Messrs Jackson and Twiss, Nelson.—Published by Arrangement.