"ONE OUNCE OF PRACTICE IS WORTH A POUND OF THEORY."

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XVI, Issue 232, 29 September 1881, Page 2

"ONE OUNCE OF PRACTICE IS WORTH A POUND OF THEORY."

To the Editor op the " Evening Mail " Sic —There is a certain degree of fpgginess about Mr Clayden'a letter re "AntiImmigration." He appears to agree with Mr Lightband after all, and quotes Mr McNeale of Dunedin, who wrote as follows:—" Farming here is an awful life and does not pay at all," antf " recommends proceeding to fatal extremes." Does he mean that the conditions at Wakefleld are more favorable, of what does ha mean ? Again he mentions an owner of four acres of land making it worth £2000, whila the owner of the 1000 acres was losing money. One can hardly btliQve the comparison is fair, but still coming from such sa authority (whose exparienci has by tig own ihowing ranged from an invitation from the Governor of Canada to a shower of "Auckland Billingsgate") w* must accept it as truth. It occurs to m« that with Mr Arthur ClaydenY great range of experience be caa do tbe Wakefied fsrmeri more gooi by * practical ietson thaa alfhit wntlDjr, for «• they be werry queer chaps." Will Mr Clayden take the 1000 acre* (wkioh he can fet on the long ttrm if he requir«§ it) *nd work it is the lame approved manner as the 4. acres ; thea of course by his own showing the result would be, if 4 acres be worth £2000 or £500 an acre then 1000 acres will be worth £500,000 leas the £5000 ooßt,or the truly magnificeat sumbf £495,000 I believe he has struck a patch. ; I am, &c, ' ' ' : Q *E"D '