DANISH FARMERS

Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume XXX, Issue 8497, 3 August 1933, Page 3

DANISH FARMERS

BUYING AGRICULTURAL LAND IN ENGLAND FEAR OF QUOTA EFFECTS In the opinion of the Danes, at any rate, England is going to be a good country to farm in. Already preparations are being made by a number of Danish farmers and Danish farming syndicates to take over English farms next Michaelmas. At Stoke Charity, in Hampshire, a 1200-acre arable farm is to be let to a Danish concern which, it is understood, will use it for corn growing by “mechanised” methods. The farm in question is ideally suited to it. The majority of these new invaders, however, are contemplating pig fanning, for they fear the results the British bacon quota may have upon the Danish industry. One man intends setting up an establishment in Essex and another in Sussex.

Tu Easl Anglia, IJnconshiro, ami Wiltshire inquiries for farms have also been received from Danes who contemplate transferring their pig farms to this country. It is reported that an Irish farmer who breeds pigs on a large scale is also preparing to move his establishment over here.

Since we in England do not produce anything like the bacon wo could or the bacon we need, this is all to the good, for it will increase rural employment, help the trade balance, and will not oust other bacon which we are already producing.