MAKE FARMING
PAY
Dear Minister of Agriculture,
My friend, who is in farming at the moment, received a cheque for £3,000 from your Government for not rearing pigs. I now wish to go into the not rearing pigs business and seek your informed advice.
In your opinion, what is the best kind of farm not to rear pigs on, and which is the best breed of pigs not to rear? I want to be sure I approach this endeavour in keeping with all Government policies, as dictated by the 'EU' under the Common Agricultural Policy.
I would prefer to not rear bacon pigs, but if this is not the type you want not rearing, I will just as gladly not rear porkers. Are there any advantages in not rearing rare breeds such as Saddlebacks or Gloucester Old Spots, or are there too many people already not rearing these?
As I see it, the hardest part of this programme will be keeping an accurate record of how many pigs I haven't reared. Are there any Government Local Authority courses on this?
My friend is very satisfied with his business. He has been rearing pigs for twenty years or so, and the best he ever made on them was £1,422 in 1968, until this year when he received a cheque for not rearing any.
If I get £3,000 for not rearing 50 pigs, will I get £6,000 for not rearing 100?
I plan to operate on a small scale at first, holding myself down to about 4,000 pigs not raised, which will mean about £240,000 for the first year. Then I can afford to buy a peerage or honour from your party which, I understand, are available on a sliding price scale.
Another point. These pigs I plan not to rear will not eat 2,000 tons of cereals per annum. I understand that you also pay farmers for not growing crops. Will I qualify for payments for not growing cereals to not feed the pigs I don't rear?
I am also considering the not milking cows business, so please send any information you have on that too. Please could you also include the Government information on set-aside fields? Can this be done on an e-commerce basis with virtual-reality fields?
In view of the above you will realise that I will be totally unemployed, and will therefore qualify for unemployment benefits.
I shall of course vote for you at the next general election and encourage others to do likewise.
Yours faithfully,
I.B.Hopeful
