"SUNDOWNER'S" ARTICLES
Sir,-May I congratulate you on the articles by "Sundowner" in recent issues. The writer will have performed a valuable service if he can convey to townspeople that farming is not only a commercial business but also a way of life, and the only one known to thousands of men and women and their children who wage a never ceasing war with the forces of nature in their efforts to gain a living from the soil. Curiously enough, the harsher the struggle with poor soil and bitter climate the more deeply the hearts of the people become rooted, as witness the exceeding sorrow and bitterness of heart of the people of the western Highlands of Scotland when evicted from their poor cottages and povertystricken soil to make room for so-called deer forests-where trees were as scarce as feathers on a frog. I would remind "Sundowner" that bad fences do not necessarily indicate a poor owner nor even a poor farmer. Fences are a matter of psychology — some farmers have a mania for good fences and impoverish themselves on first taking up land by spending too much on fences; others concentrate on quick returns while their fences gradually fall into disrepair, becoming a source of vexation to their neighbours and an eyesore to travellers. Please send a heavily-marked copy of "Sundowner’s" remarks on trees to the Commissioner of Death Duties who has been known to tax the trees on a deceased farmer’s estate. We are continually advised to plant trees to beautify the home surroundings, for shade and shelter and future timber and the ad-. vice is good. I have yet to meet the man who was pleased with the returns of the sale of his pine trees. A neighbour has just sold a plantation of seventy 40-year-old trees for £80, approximately 23/- each. The price will not recompense him for the replanting and
‘the loss of their shelter.-
A FARMER
WHO LOVES TREES
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 15, Issue 386, 15 November 1946, Page 22
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324"SUNDOWNER'S" ARTICLES New Zealand Listener, Volume 15, Issue 386, 15 November 1946, Page 22
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