The Sense of Foresight.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 3 October 1911, Page 4

The Sense of Foresight.

The New Zealand Dairyman's Australian correspondent writes Several farmers who had sense enough to plant fodder for the winter months in tlie Warwirh districts did not fail to get the benefit. One man who milked thirty-five head all the season got a return of about £1 2s 6d per cow for Jmly, which is t/iic sort of document the dairyman likes to see put in as evidence. It is a much better case for .the plaintiff than the man next door whose cows had to be turned out at the same time of the year. The fact was very plainly apparent in that district this season that the men to keep up a god supply of cream were the small farmers. Those with a lot of land who dairy in the flush season do not, as a rule, milk any cows in tlie winter. The surplus of land lias a bad effect upon them. They can make a living too easily without exercising any enterprise in tlie matter of fodder production. But wh.jch are the best farmers for the factory and the district? This is the Sort of evidence that helps ft/he advocate of compulsory sub-division of :big estates. Where the owner makes the 'best use of Ims land there can be 110 valid objection .to him (holding a large area, but when 'lie trusts to the extent of ibis holding /to ma'ke a. living the case is different. Tlie thrifty farmer who grows a bit of feed for his cows in the winter time as a citizen who offers tine example to others, and incidentally issues a challenge to all aiid sundry to come along and do likewise. Besides that, ihe keeps the factory going diuring tihe hard part of the year, and 'helps to pay the good prices that the careless men receive in the flnsh. There fought to be some way of rewarding Wnoso men for their common sense.