The Bay Of Plenty Beacon. Published Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays. FRIDAY, JUNE 21st, 1940. THE WILL TO WIN

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 176, 21 June 1940, Page 4

The Bay Of Plenty Beacon. Published Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays. FRIDAY, JUNE 21st, 1940. THE WILL TO WIN

IT has taken the sinking of the R. M. S. Niagara, to jolt New Zealand into the full realisation of the grirnness of the struggle to which she is pledged. The long overdue Compulsary Service Act will now be put into speedy operation and the emergency clauses, we hope quickly applied. Already the Department of Agriculture is moving along the lines of greater and still greater production. The forces for Defence are becoming more and more assertive in the face of the very real danger brought about by the. sudden closeness of the war. Mines sown under our noses, flagrant attempts at sabotage at our petrol stores —these facts tell only too plainly,, the urgent need for action which should have been taken long ago. But today, it is not only the defence of our country to which we must turn our attention. It is the cultivation of the "will to win" which every Britisher deep down in his heart realises is the greatest factor in aspiring to the victory which must be achieved. To that end must be bent our greatest agricultural and industrial efforts. There is no room for grousing ridiculous rates of overtime, and men who are- true men will bend their backs to the strain which only can make for the victory of- freedom. It was learnt yesterday that the Bay of Plenty, the most ideal climate for the growing of maize will be required to plant still greater areas of that Vital cereal. The order from the department of control is that the. new crop must make it unnecessary to rely on imports. In spite of the vast quantities grown throughout the Bay, a large per centage of the maize utilised in New Zealand, is imported from Java and other, countries which are likely to be offected. The Bay of Plenty must produce sufficient to meet this possible shortage and further to meet the demands of what it is hoped will become the greatest bacon producing scheme in the world. The important part played by maize in the production of bacon is realised by all practical farmers. Fol; years the Old Country's supply has been obtained mainly from Denmark, a country which was a ready-made dairy farm almost at her back door. With this source cut completely off by the German occupation, New Zealand is en? deavouring to meet the situation, as the country most suited to do so. In the process of this huge adjustment scheme, the Bay has been selected to provide the main basis in the. foodstuffs which will go towards, the building of the new industry. Jhe call for greater maize planting will be made by the Bay of Plenty Primary Production Council, which has also been responsible for the breaking in of the new grazing areas at Manawahe. A complete scheme will be formulated and after careful 'investigation, placed before the farming community. Before this is done, farmers a're asked to co-operate by willingly falling into line and thus doing their bit towards the Dominion's new war effort to assist .the Mother Country, now fighting for her very life. The propagation of the ''will to win" is something of a duty to all and reaches down to every class of worker, trade or profession. All can contribute their effort and the introduction of the new maize growing scheme, farmers may regard, as the * lead for which they have been clamouring. The test, which will spell their loya] desire to help will be the response to the appeal which is genuinely directed towards the prosecution of the war and paving the road to victory.