LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
FARMERS' PROFITS Sir,—lt was a good thing that Mr. Newman qualified his statement r( farmers' profits by saying "some farmers did not make much." I am a farmer with a sheep run in the North Island, and I certainly did not get £2'5 per bale for wool or Jt2o for bullocks. The last bullocks I sold fetched £11 each-a great difference. Every member of the community is as much indebted to ,tha sailors as are the farmers, and I think Mr. Newman only defeats his own ends when he talks in public at the farmers, forgetting that it is a voluntary gift made by them. Mr. Newman also forgets to mention that shearing wages, wool bales, land taxes, etc., have about doubled, eo that these prices he mentioned, even if realised by the few, are considerably reduced by expenses.—l aw, etc., v A FARMER. ■ I'ebruary 14,
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 123, 18 February 1919, Page 6
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150LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 123, 18 February 1919, Page 6
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