“Every one of us that’s not a farmer, is not a farmer because we have farmers. We delegate the responsibility of feeding our families to a relatively small percentage of this country...” |
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"The fact is that all the King's horses and all the King's men cannot catch up with a weed that has obtained a start. No action is ever taken in time; to begin with, the new plant is not noticed in its unit stage; when it numbers hundreds a few of the more observant settlers become interested; when thousands appear it is talked of as a newcomer; only when the hundred thousand phase is past, when the plant is carried or blown abroad to every corner of every province in New Zealand, is legislation attempted." |
