POSITION OF FARMERS.

Waikato Times, Volume 120, Issue 19990, 14 September 1936, Page 9

POSITION OF FARMERS.

(To the Editor.) Sim—l think it is time the farmers woke up to the fact that phey will have to combine better in the future than they have done in the past. I know of no better organisation than the Farmers‘ Union, and if this is not altogether what suits us, well let us all join up and put it on a sound basis. 1 am constrained to write this from the deep feeling I have that the party in power cannoi grasp Lilo il'ue posi|inu of those engaged in rural pur—suits. \\'o do not \\illli uny nonsense nimui, ihc “backbone 01' the country" mid liliu [\\'nddlc, but we must sLaud up for u fair deal. but us inku ihc liliesi dm‘ulm’nncni *illiiii'l'fi in l'OL‘uiYu (is 23d ilt‘l‘ hour. 1 do “Hi. my lhai ihc jui) is not worth liu- “up, us the foodstuffs and the [il'l'l);ll'uliuil ul‘ lhcm are [landfill and ossoniiul \\'Ul'ii. iiui alongside the linkers \\lm inn-c lu sinl'i \\ul'l; at. l li‘vluuk. \\illl i‘uiiil‘uriulilu \\'Lii'liing condiiinns-«ulcvli'iu li:_"hl, and ccl‘lnin indmn- :lll\’:llliilSL‘S—ii‘l. us liiilCO the men ou:—"u::vd in just as impm'luni pre~ lizu-uiiun «11' lUOLI—ViL, ihnsv vngngr'd in providing milk for lawn supply. ’l‘lu-sc nn'n have to in} will in all \\'m—ihl'i's, Silllll'iillli‘s soni'n'hing puddm‘ks liy lhu aid of Innim-us for “in: rows, ‘sian'ling; lili‘il' day's \\‘nl'l; at i2 midnight. uml often not finishing till 7: then Ilw dnylighi milking slid-ling uu'nin ill I'l 11min. Nuw, Six", lul, any hunusl nmn num—--lim'u ihum' [\\'u juhs mi‘ equal impuri—nni‘n‘) nnd vxliluin \\le HIIU shuuid i'm'vivc lhl'm: limes lln: my 0i lin-ullu-iu ii is such glaring cns‘i's us iliis ilml lnule' ii iuipei'uiin' liml [hut-n shill] ill“ uniicd effort on Hm purl ul' iili‘ I‘m-min; wnununily to keep :in n-wn liulnin'ix i helium tho (iuvm'ik mun! :m- dnin: nil in llu'ii' [lower to ll')‘ in i‘l'iil'i‘ lhc iui ul' m'i-x'yunc, liui mi>l.dw.< {ll‘l‘ nun: In zu'im‘. nm‘l 11' i'ni'mvi's :u'w prepared in suil‘vi' iln'migh sU\'il misidlws \\iihuui nruiost, linen they nrl' :JI-iling only wind is due to (hem. liui 1 nm sum,- \\'hcrn l'm’lhml.ihlc roviilimiiiins :m- snugoslml l‘nn Wriy in prim-i- will take the lim‘n‘ssni'y flops in) nu! ill-liiCi'S nu .I luii'i'i' lmsix. ——l uni. ulru l£.lJ.ii. ”limillnin, :cpiember li.