FARM ECONOMICS
Sir, —If anyone on the land is entitled to a moan it is the share-milker. Ninety-nine per cent of the agreements for share-milking, where there is a sixcow plant have a clause that the sharemilker must provide at least four adult milkers, including three males. Here are the shed expenses, whether the share-milker employs his sons or not: Wages for two male milkers or workers, per season, £273; 28 days' holiday per year, £lO 10s each, £2l; board allowance, £1 per week each, £104; bail up and log rope, girl, 10s per week, £26; hoard allowance, 10s per week, £26; 28 days' holiday, £2; total of wages paid to workers, £lsl. Rubberware, £5; and power and oil for shed and house, £36; bring the total to £492. On top of this the share-milker has to keep the household. Before taking over a farm, the share-milker sees the previous season's production, but the herd may since have bpen reduced. If our Government made it law that no farm owner could put any cow through his shed that could nut produce 2401b. of fat per season. New Zealand would ho well up with its production, and not in its present state. Swamp, N. Auckland.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23525, 9 December 1939, Page 17
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204FARM ECONOMICS New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23525, 9 December 1939, Page 17
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