BARLEY CROP PLANS
FARMERS SHOW APATHY (By Telegraph.—Special to Timea) PALMERSTON N., Monday An appeal to farmers in the southern half of the North Island to grow from 20,000 to 30,000 acres of barley as a war effort has not been successful. A statement issued by the district organiser of primary production, Mr C. H. Hamblyn, shows that, of 21,000 acres allocated to various districts on the basis of ploughable land, type of farming, condition of pastures and equipment available, fewer than 5000 acres will be sown. One reason given for the apathy displayed is that the farmer cannot see as big a profit as he could make by carrying on as usual. The appeal was made especially to owners of fat lamb and mixed farms, because it was considered feasible that they could break up a paddock or two of old pasture, take off a crop of barley and re-sow to better pasture next autumn.
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Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21214, 10 September 1940, Page 7
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156BARLEY CROP PLANS Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21214, 10 September 1940, Page 7
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