Cows and All That
Quaintest of all has been a slim, prancing, youngish man in earthy Harris tweeds who informéd us in a_ high, precious voice: "I intend to buy a farm in New Zealand. What should I do?" Eschewing the obvious, we asked if he’d done any farming. "No. But my people have estates, you ‘know. And I have a nephew, a big, strong boy and very keen, who knows all about farms, I"inténd to take him with me. And I want. to learn all about it myself, you know. Cotvs and things." And his neat, . white-nailed fingers danced daintily along the counter. (continued on next page)
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(continued from previous page) We thought of "cows and things" on a Taranaki farm before breakfast and winter in the Waikato and gravely advised that he go. out "when shipping is available and try your hand as a farmlabourer, The best way of all to learn farming." Gravely he agreed: "I’ll bring out my nephew later. He’s a big, strong boy, as I told you, and very keen. Later, when I've got a little place." Maybe, uncle’s enthusiasm will wane, but if you do see a dainty little chap in Harris tweeds prancing along a road near Pungarehu towing a "big, strong boy" ‘with that "keen" look about him, you'll know that the "cows and things" are in for something of a surprise.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 14, Issue 349, 1 March 1946, Page 7
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234Cows and All That New Zealand Listener, Volume 14, Issue 349, 1 March 1946, Page 7
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