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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20628, 29 July 1930, Page 10

(Published by Arrangement.) EMPLOYMENT AND THE WHEAT INDUSTRY. With unemployment in New Zealand at its present acute stage little excuse can be found for thoae who would withdraw the support accorded the wheat-grower, leaving him practically no alternative to sheep ■ farming. Considerably less labour is required on sheep farms than on wheat farms. Moreover, most (lourmills employees would have to be discharged, as Hour would be imported instead of wheat, experience having shown that it is cheaper to import Hour than to import wheat to be milled in New Zealand. The abandonment of wheat-growing would mean unemployment not only for those engage on farms and in mills, but also for those employed on threshing and hauling plants, in twine works, in making agricultural implements, in grain stores and offices, and in the transport services. Additional thousands would be thrown idle at a time when it is essential for every man possible to bo profitably occupied. There is no possible advantage that could accrue in other directions to justify such havoc to one of tho vital key industries of the Dominion.