STATE FARMS IN SOUTH.
CLAIMS OF CLUTHA DISTRICT,
Th2 following letter has been =ent to th» Minister for Agriculture, the Hon. W. D. S. Mac Donald, by Mr. A- S. Malcolm, M.P. :— Enclosed please find letter from the secretary of the Clutha Farmers' Union, asking for the establishment of a State farm locally. I have often pointed out tho suitability of Clutha, for such a farm, and have shown that on one farm of 600 acres it would be possible to get soil of almost every description, from the poorest to the richest quality. Farming operations of all sorts are carried on, and wool, wheat, oats, grass seed, butter, cheese and flax, are all largely produced. The climate is as varied as the soil. Wa might have from three to live years drought, followed by a similar period of extreme wet. Farming under all conditions could be tested. Clutha is particularly central. There is hardly a part of Otapo and Southland that is not within a day's reach of Clutha, most parts being within a few hours' journey by rail, I hope you will see your way to cstablisO a State farm in the district"
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16213, 26 April 1916, Page 8
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195STATE FARMS IN SOUTH. New Zealand Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16213, 26 April 1916, Page 8
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