SMALL FARM SCHEME.

Pahiatua Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 12732, 24 August 1934, Page 5

SMALL FARM SCHEME.

SATISFACTORY RESULTS

“The small farm scheme lias near been under the administration of the Small Farms Board for a. litth one year, and tKe results may be classed as satisfactory having regard to the falling prices of dairy products and to the fact that the +’all has not heen reflected in the prices asked for land.” said Air Coates, in ilis Budget speech last night. “The main difficulty met with by the board has been that- of acquiring suitable land at prices in keeping wiTli productive capacity. Dairying has been the principal basis of calculation in subdividing land for small farms, hut each settlor has had the option of developing such side-lines as suited the particular property and his own qualifications. Alost settlers, however, have confined themselves almost entirely to dairying. “In view of the state of the dairying industry, however, the board has recently considered it desirable to give more encouragement to mixed farming or lamb-fattening on a small scale, under intensive farming renditions. This type of farming leaves the settler in a position to increase or reduce his activities from year to year in any particular line according to market fluctuations.”