DAIRYING IN WESTLAND.
;; ■' \ SHORTAGE '.OF LABOUR. :{ l- ';.' Reports from .the AYesf Coast state'tliat all' oyer iU'esUand. the dairying industry is.: making marked...pi-ogress...-. There are now four- dairy, factories in Westland, the latest- being-.at Kuroafa, and it l is esti-: "mated that:the'settlers supplying the fac-- . tone's'.'tvilT draw, somethins.,like .4J22.000 for-supplies this season.. , At'the present time, I, :,it is stated,.'settlers .are ; .working from, sunrise, to'/sunset, and.find it almost impossible. to obtain assistance.. The Westland dairying industry is in its infancy, and its progress is being consider-, ably retarded by, the/scarcity, of labour and the slow, rate at which, the .land is being cleared...''. Jn most case? the .'assistance of a healthy youth, would lighten tho burden,/but: men and boys -are ;not procurable. • As : a result the settlers aro literally-slaying, during tbi; milking season, the output is' being considerably 'restricted, and development very 'much retarded. Close upon a hundred farm lat> ourers; could, it is •rep'orted,. placed in Westland'immediately.■■•■■■' 'i':.■'.-
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1656, 24 January 1913, Page 8
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157DAIRYING IN WESTLAND. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1656, 24 January 1913, Page 8
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