INGENIOUS IF UNETHICAL
A surprise answer from a Maori pupil was received by a master of the Matamata District High School, following a talk on rotary ploughs. After giving details of the wonderfully quick work these powerful implements accomplished, the teached emphasised that the cost, about £5OO, would be prohibitive to many farmers. Having emphasised the value of co-operation, the teacher sought to draw an answer that several farmers could combine to purchase a plough, and to this end he asked how the prohibitive cost might be overcome. Only one hand shot up, and, when questioned, the shrewd Maori lad replied: "Get the plough on a week’s trial, plough the paddock, and then send the plough back.”
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLV, Issue 21156, 1 October 1938, Page 15
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117INGENIOUS IF UNETHICAL Timaru Herald, Volume CXLV, Issue 21156, 1 October 1938, Page 15
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