FARMERS' WAR EFFORT
Sir,—Would Messrs. Orr Walker and A. M. Samuel kindly explain why the farmers' war effort should be /0 hours toil per week, while others contribute 40 hours' "Government stroke"? In the very same issue of the Herald which records the extraordinary remarks of these gentlemen occurs heading "Farmers' Plight: Maize Not Harvested: A Dearth of Labour." What is the truth? Let Messrs. Samuel and Walker proceed around the milking sheds at dawn, and again at dusk, and note that tho only help the farmer has is his wife, and in the shed is the perambulator sheltering the baby. No workers are procurable even at wages which are 100 per cent beyond tho capacity of the soil of New Zealand to pay them. The young men born and reared on the land are leaving the farm for the factory. E. Earle \ aile.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 24000, 25 June 1941, Page 10
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144FARMERS' WAR EFFORT New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 24000, 25 June 1941, Page 10
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