FORTUNATE DAIRYMEN
AUSTRALIAN VISITOR IMPRESSED 1 “What lias impressed ns more (linn anything else in connection with farmiing in South Auckland; is the beauty of tho country, the excellent state of; the pastures and the comfortable looking homesteads,” remarked Mr. A. W. Wilson, general manager of tho Gippsland and Northern Co-operative Co.. Ltd., and chairman of directors lastyear, of Empire Dairies, Ltd., who is at present in Hamilton, with tiro other .Australian directors of the Empire Dairies. “The holdings are compact, well fenced, and the general appearance of tlie countryside is that of progress and prosperity,” lie added. Mr. Wilson considered dairymen in South Auckland should Ire very contented with their lot. Tiiey lived under far more congenial conditions than the farmers of Australia, where the holdings were bigger, tho basing poorer, and- where tho amenities of good roads, telephones and electricity were not developed to anything like tlie extent they were here! The pastures here were also greener and healthier looking than over the other side, where the value of top-dress-ing was only beginning to be recognised
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17607, 24 October 1931, Page 6
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178FORTUNATE DAIRYMEN Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17607, 24 October 1931, Page 6
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