CHEESE FACTORY WAGES
Sir, —"One of the. Mugs" is curiously unaware of the real financial position of the small farmer. A cheese farmer who milks 20 cows, which produce the Dominion average of 2401b. of butterfat at Is 6d, has an income of £360 a year, and to earn this he must work not less than 60 hours a week, and, worst feature of all, his wife must help in the shed. He pays interest on £75 capital per cow, which is the Government "efficiency" figure. His fertiliser costs £2 per cow and his miscellaneous expenditure and depreciation cannot be less than £75. Does he earn as much as a factory worker? Work It Out, Boy.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume 78, Issue 24135, 29 November 1941, Page 8
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116CHEESE FACTORY WAGES New Zealand Herald, Volume 78, Issue 24135, 29 November 1941, Page 8
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