It Works Both Ways

Chronicle (Levin), 13 May 1949, Page 4

It Works Both Ways

This cou.d be a stbry With 'draih'a, of agg^essxon in Europe, of one valianc country which alone cried deflance in fa'c'e of overwh'eiming |0dds, from a beach caked Dunkirk, of Dombmgb, of sublime courage and' of eventual victory and freeaom. And 6f hardship and huhger. Bu. every New Zeaxander knows it. Hare we' 1 staiy with plain fa'cts about one aspeCt of what this Tertile memper of the BrLish Com-mohwea-th can *do "to assist Great Britain back to the road of heahh ana nappiness. Today Britain is still a convalescent. No country teC'ov'erS quiCkiy from alhiost seven years of utmos^ exertion. And the -high prioricy for any convalescent -is nourishihg food. Britain hasn't enbugh, nextner nas she suffieiem do lars to - purchase the necessities of life outside the stering areas. .So she depends upon New Zealand. Aithdugh We are ship-pih'g great quanti.ies of foodstulfs to Great Britain, there is no limit to her" present ne&ds. Every beef or.mutxon carcase, every case of butler, every cheese is urgently needed. lheie is but one answer — stiil greater production here. -And the nswer to \.hat is stiil greater farm xiiechanisatioh in New Zealand. Foremost means is the Fordson xviajor tractor. An exceptional y powerful performer, the Fordson Major is particu arly suired "to New Zea and conditions. In providing mobiie farm power that speeds avery operation" from pxo'ughiiig to harvesting, the Fordson Major is a vital fac-or in the drive for a higher yield from the land. Its versatility, its ease of operation and its ability to stand up to the nardest work have the approval of xea'aing farmers throughout the Dominion. Whrle it is of paramount importance that every Fordson Major tractor in operation Tnust, and does, increase our production, it is wort'hwhile knowing xhat there are stiT other important factors that materially assist Great Britain's position. These are of economics. Firstly, the Fordson Major is entirely English. It -is manufactured by the English Ford Factory at Dagenhsm (incidentary the largest producer of farm tractors in the 1 British Emnire). Consequently, Ithe importation of Fordson Majors is a preservation of precious dolars. Second'y, every Fordson Major that is shipped from Dagenham td New Zealahd makes a contribution to Britain's export drive. There are al ready over 2,500 Ford- . son tractors on New Zealand farins. Fully realising all these important factors, Ford Motor Oompany of England has. Co-operaled to the fullest extent. With the assistance of Ford Motor Company of New Zea and Limite'd, they are producing Fordson Major tractors- that are available to fariners in this country for" as low as £366, thus I keeping the.farmer's capital ouLay, t °s we1! his opebating costs, as low as possible. And on the "asseni xv xine of the New Zealahd Ford Factorv, Fordson Majors qulte ^ ighty receive priority. Further, at the 78 Ford deaierships through'ou the North and -South- Islan'ds, tractor demonstratidn and tractor inaintenance WiPingly "have first atlention. The farmer's car and even the farmer's truck-Mnd yours — can and does stand eside meantime until the farmer's Fordson Major tractor is working at full efficiency. — P.B.A.