LIFE MADE EASY

Waipukurau Press, Volume XXVIII, Issue 65, 10 March 1933, Page 6

LIFE MADE EASY

“NO DRUDGERY ON N.Z. FARMS’’ A VICTORIAN’S IMPRESSION An attractive picture of dairy farming conditions in the North Island New Zealand, was drawn by Mr S. G. Greenwood, of Kcrang a director of the party of Victorian farmers which recently toured tho Dominion. Remarking that the visitors had been greatly impressed by the neat and cosy homes of the farmers, Mr Greenwood went on: “No longer is ‘ cow-cockying ’ a drudgery, but if anything the farmers live in comparative east- viewed from Victorian standards. “Their homes are bright and comfortable, scrupulously clean, and designed with every thought for laboursaving for the womenfolk. In consequence the farmer’s wife is far better off than women on. dairy farms in Victoria, for they are seldom called upon to do outside work. “With most of the farms supplied by electricity, milking, as well as many other operations, is worked mechanically at a low cost, end little hard labour is entailed.” Speaking of farming methods. he paid the farms were from 156 to 250 acres, carrying two cows to the acre. There was a notable absence of horses, and ploughing was not indulged in to any extent, as tho pastures were established. The use of artificial manures to ns much as 5 cwt. to the acre had to bo adopted regularly, because of the lightness of tho soil. Tn Victoria the use of one cwt. was considered to bo generous.