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In the life of a farmer! I t all started back in 1960 when they changed from pounds to rands, and when my overdraft doubled. I was just getting used to that when they brought in kilograms instead of pounds and my timber load dropped by half. Then they changed the rain to millimetres and we have not had an inch of rain since. So what do they do? Bring in a thing called Celsius and the temperature drops by 20 degrees. No wonder my bananas won’t grow!

Mr DF Earl – Chairman 1985 – 1994

As if that were not enough, they changed us over from acres to hectares and I end up with half the land I had. So I decided to sell. I’d just put the place on the market when they changed from miles to kilometres and I’m too far out of town for anybody to buy the place. So I planted some Pine, Wattle and Gum and today I’m a wealthy man!

Mr TS Little General Manager 1985 – 1988

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