A Taranaki paper says it has l)eexl' mentioned that a (lairy farrhol' in tho‘ K-aponga district had made £l7 per acre out of his land, and he had no Special advantages over his fellow farmers. It was also stated that a supplier to the Riverdals factory, Mri Griffin, had done considerably belter.l He farmed 4805 acres of first-class land, l and from it he was paid for 12,80-llbsl «f fat. \Vh'lL-ll at‘ 2/ pm‘ nu. equalled} :El2>.‘(l. .»\l‘:m\"ng even a .~'-mall n\.arg"lll‘ for pigs, calves, etc.., this worked out at, roughly, £27 per acre. Mr Griffin, of course, farmed intensely, and farmed Well, but it only again <lenlonstl'at. ed that from small areas of I’il'st-class 'l‘al-anaki land, whereon lucerne, root crops. otca. were grown, and where a good class of dairy cow was kept and pl'opol'l_V managed. a very good income indooll could be lll‘J,tl(‘. It is COTll(‘]l(l(‘(l that with l)ut‘rel'~l'al' at l/(3 pm‘ lb, and good land at £IOO per acre. a farmer e<ml(l do well if he farmed judiciously. \’l‘he lJ9st dairy land in 'l‘:n':maki is now selling at over £IOO per acre.
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Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3440, 20 March 1920, Page 3
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425Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3440, 20 March 1920, Page 3
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