“Have you ever worked out just how much it costs a year to keep a six-horse team in Canterbury?” This question was asked of an appellant before the Armed Forces Appeal Board in Christchurch by Mr G. M. Hall, a member of the board. When tile appellant said he had no exact idea. Mr Hall continued: "The figure is placed at £6OO. Those are not my figures but they have been computed by a qualified engineer on the staff of Canterbury University College. They are based among other things on the value of tho land which must lie idle to provide grazing for the horses. It is tiossible. therefore, that many farmers would fmd contract ploughing a much cheaper proposition ’han maintaining a team of horses and doing the work themselves.”
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 19 February 1941, Page 2
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