Deterioration Of High Country Areas
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ASHBURTON, March 9. Glaiming that farming costs were so high that there was a serious danger of . the area going oiit of production, two witnesses representing the Foothiis braneh of Federated Farmers asked that a measure of relief ,be considered when giving evidence before the Royal ! Commission on the Sheep Industry to- r. day. They stated that 30 years ago the country in theoFoothills area was in good heart with dairy and sheepfarming the main sources of '.income. Since that time the; 'land, had deterioratecl considerably as hunius from tussock and bush had been usetUup with the result that the gi'asses would not hold and tho ' country had gone back to browntop and sweet vernal. The area concerned covered 15,000 aeres and was at an altitude of 1100 to 1500 feet. The population in 1920 was 220 and was now down to 70. The chairman (Mr. R. H. White) said this was perhaps the first occasion that direct relief had been asked from the Commission. They would take the matter up and see if anything could be done, for it would be very unfortunate to see any area,s beeoming unproductive. • fn.; t.he .eourse of the day thfe Commission heard a large amount of / evidence dealing mainly with con^i- * tions iuf the high country amns. | . S- — tS i >i
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Chronicle (Levin), 11 March 1948, Page 3
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226Deterioration Of High Country Areas Chronicle (Levin), 11 March 1948, Page 3
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