FALSE ECONOMIES.
More than once the danger of embarking upon false economies in a period of national retrenchment has been pointed out. In his address at the opening of the Farmers' Union Conference his Excellency the Governor-General added a warning note to those previously given in this connection. "Economy which is .not far-sighted and discriminating," said Lord Bledisloe, "is false economy, such as, for instance, a cessation of the progressive reclamation of potentially fertile land, or-of the use of fertilisers and of lime where output is bound to shrink materially through their discontinuance." The farming community, no less than the general public, should reflect upon his Excellency's remarks. True economy consists in the cultivation of a higher degree of efficiency, the elimination of waste in time, effort and method, to the end that lower prices may be balanced by a reduction of overhead expenditure, and a proportionately increased revenue may be won from smaller areas. As his Excellency pointed..out some farmers by modernising their methods are makin' profits, even in these depressed times.
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Thames Star, Volume LXV, Issue 18238, 11 July 1931, Page 2
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173FALSE ECONOMIES. Thames Star, Volume LXV, Issue 18238, 11 July 1931, Page 2
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