The Chronicle PUBLISHED DAILY. LEVIN. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 8. 1915. AFTER EFFECTS OF THE WAR

Horowhenua Chronicle, 8 February 1915, Page 2

The Chronicle PUBLISHED DAILY. LEVIN. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 8. 1915. AFTER EFFECTS OF THE WAR

Farmers should bo alive to the effects of the present great war, even if peace is brought about, this year. The wise man with keen perceptive faculties will not judge by what he «■<<<<s around him altogether, but ho will ■ study the effects of the war upon iho nations engaged, and the effects upon himself at the antipodes. He will not be satisfied with running his farm on the old lines and growing for the usual market, but he will farm more extensively and get the most out of his land. Belgium. France. Germany and other nations will not be growing grain 'o ■the same extent as before the war, for it will take time to recover what is being lost through the land being neglected now. A French writer looks at this question .as it will affect France and Germany, and ire can glean some wholesome reflections from his conclusions. Monsieur TV An not. says trade will be disorganised and there will he much unemployment. He says plainly that France cannot do without German trade. Fra.nce exports nearly as much to Got"many as Germany to France: and when at the end of war trade springs up again, and Germany has not the means either to import or export, the loss to France will be serious. The writer also points out that there will be a serious rise in the price of cereals. France. Germany, and Austria-Hungary in times of peace grew almost enough com for their nwn needs. This year the harvest will have been hindered and much less corn sown : while at the same time owing to the necessity of feeding troops, more corn will have been used. Therefore next year and the year after it will he necessary to import large quantities to make good the deficiencies. In times of pence the European countries require practically the whole of the surplus grain grown in these cowmtrie®; therefore with the increased demand prices will rise high and corn will he scarce. M. D'Auinet argues tlfat those who say that all these expenses will be paid out of the indemnity do not realise that, in all probability, after the war, Germany will certainly not he able to pay ensh down, and that most likely the indemnity will b© paid largely in territory—a very desirable thing, no doubt, hut not of much use to pay for one's daily h-vl Praingrowers in New Zealand sho 1M th".-e----re make the most of their opportunity mi utilise their land to the utmost capacity j