WHEAT GROWING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20629, 30 July 1930, Page 14

WHEAT GROWING.

Sir,—l have been very interested in the. lot tors on wheatgrowing and it appears (o me the writers are under the impression that the South Island wheatgrower is * comfortably rich man. I "ill state a few facts. The wheat grower is the paid man in New Zealand. Ho is the rea. toilor of the soil. There is no inait»tr> in Now Zealand which has such on n'/ certain return for labour and money spcJas wheatgrowing. There is no ot or crop which exhausts the ground to t_e same extent as wheatgrowing. There is no ot her crop which warrants SO W cultivation or more costly farm_ !D, P® ments. There is no other crop which e ploys inoro men in the actual growing, harvesting, threshincr, etc. Have correspondents ever thought what 8 * 0 ,- day it, would be for New Zealand if wheatgrower stopped growing wj • What would happen if other wheatg ing countries had a shortage. Ins of the daily loaf being the cheapest con inoditv on the table we might bo ' ppsition that one was nut proCll , The slogan to-day is buy New Zealand made goods. Probably some 0 writers who actually say we should, port all onr wheat are men who S" 8 • believe in the above slogan. I * r ° n jLr advise yon North folk to have the> p qtd wheatgrowing slave oi the » alone. He is playing his part and g<j> by no means fat in return lor his and money invested in such ail un - return. Voti North men stick fro 1 butter-fat, your monthly cheques, . easy modo of grassland tanning. Socthee-VSK-