LAKE COUNTY MAIL

Lake County Mail, Issue 13, 20 August 1947, Page 2

LAKE COUNTY MAIL

District Representatives QUEENSTOWN mr j. •McDonald, Ambassadors’ Tea Rooms. For Subscriptions and Casual Advertising. MR M. ROBERTSON, News Correspondent. ARROWTOWN MRS J. W. REED, ' News Correspondent and Casual Advertising. pre-war origin. A further examination of official statistics show that in 1933-34 our butter exports were 141,294 tons and our cheese exports were 84,542 tons. Over that period, however, meat exports increased to make the total a satisfactory one. Drain on Hill Country Apart from the dairying and that must persist because bf the drop in the dairy cow population of 183,000 since 1935, the constant drain on the second and third class hill country in increasing wool and meat exports is equally disquieting. It would seem that New Zealand faces a crisis in that field of production. Over half a million acres have gone out of occupation in the last twenty-five years, and because of constant deterioration in recent years the marginal land situation is depressing. An overhaul of national policy with emphasis on the rebuilding of our dairy herds and the reinstatement of farming to its previous pinnacle of importance is obviously necessary in New Zealand. Our soil is shallow in depth and cannot meet undue demands for increased production without sympathetic treatment.