INQUIRIES FROM ABROAD

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 8, Issue 16, 13 October 1944, Page 2

INQUIRIES FROM ABROAD

FARMING IN NEW ZEALAND

A young Englishman serving with the Imperial Forces in India is among the latest inquiries concerning farming conditions in New Zea r land. Though he. has had no experience of farming, a < Cornish friend serving with him comes, of farming stock; and the two are planning to come to New Zealand after their discharge from the Army.

The initial task of advising these two men as to their post-war future has fallen: to Massey Agricultural College to which the inexperienced of the two has written a 1000-word questionnaire, ranging from the prospects of taking up undeveloped land, on islands lying off New Zealand to the reason why butter fat

production per cow and per acre is considered so important.

The College has replied in fairly encouraging s.train f while at the same .time insisting that success in farming depends upon the outlook of the man perhaps more than on

the seasons, and that there, are certain psychological reasons why men who have not been reared on farms sometimes to be the most successful farmers. There; is s it is stated _ a reasonably good living in dairy, sheep and mixed fanning in New Zealand, for men who can love the soil and keep an open mind. In view of the circumsctances, the Englishman has been advised, in the event of his deciding to come to New Zealand, to gain adequate 1 practical experience by working for

wages on a dairy and thereafter perhaps plan to go into partnership with his Cornish friend as a sharemilker prior to taking over a property of their own.