IMPORTANCE OF THE PLOUGHMAN
(By Telegraph-Special Corieepomlont.) Wanganui, July 24. According to Sir James Wilson the most important man in i\!w Zealand to-day, from mi agricultural point of view, 'is the pLoiigliinuii, ami in support of an appeal before the Military Service Hoard at Mnrtoii Sir Jamos Wilson contended that no ploughman should bo .allowed 1u leave the Dominion just Jiow. 'I'he stores, he said, were full of mutton, and in view of the shipping' difficulties there now seemed every possibility that lambs would have to be carried over next winter. Feed, therefore, would be absolutely necessary, ami the country could not afford to allow its ploughmen to go away, if production was to be kept up. To Iceop the lambs in Hie pnddneks instead of tho freezing chambers was going to ha , a very serious tax upon the resources of the. producers, us feed would have to. be grown to meet the requirements. At present ploughing work was very badly allecled by the wenlher, and unless a more favourable change came soon the difficulties would increase.
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 263, 25 July 1918, Page 10
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177IMPORTANCE OF THE PLOUGHMAN Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 263, 25 July 1918, Page 10
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