HARD LUCK STONE

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume XXIII, 16 May 1922, Page 8

HARD LUCK STONE

A Manawntn he Dominion n r . fellows:— ■ Every day on< hears of small dairy farmerhave all, and' of thee boldnigs into the hands <1 the A case in point is that nt'M known farmer in the distnrtH tired during th.- .m, after iH posed of his farm t about acre. The purebnser in kJI resold, after hi.vfeg cut into four small d'i.y farms. self bought a far in in district , and has - irce d. i payments on nt of ties. Of the four men Sold the first pia.. three count of the fall n prodirtM been forced to I - >d»n but the fourth, who homestead block, h d

up his payments. original owner has had to his retirement mid again cupation of h-s land. 11ported, somewhat in a. account of his place haviugß divided, and the hx-mesiertl H as a wedge between th-’ Early in 1920 one of the in the district was about 2-0 sections, and ‘■old hammer at prices r inging A-B £l6O per acre. During months, according to the made to >. Domini, a reje - ■ a member of a largv firm oi station agents, fully half - - fallen back on 'handginal owner. This winter thought, -sec the final as far as the Maui.watu is after uhicii ‘•on.i’i.tions will'■ to stabilise so far . s farm concerned In passing, howe ■ '■ comment that cue ajgs rtit ■ any failures W i ' par: who were ecni'ib-b J on’tie’-B before the IsumL i-oom. I-'M been able to survive the ■ M the exercise cl due economy. that farming on present jeis still a payable proposition. not the best in tb- world. I