A DISTRICT WITH A FUTURE.
Looking over tho panorama from the top of- tho Puketois. (writes our travelling cor- ' respondent) oiie . cannot but: be • impressed that in the futuro it,will be a splendid farm-' ing district. There aro i great possibilities . ahead. Tho farmers 1 tvill have' to find • out; how to deal with their peculiar,soil.\ It must have a great deal of plant food, seeitig fhadense bush : with 1 which it has :been; : cji>tbed'. The thing' to know, is, what : means - are to be ; taken to render the. stbred-upi ppssiblo nuttk tivo properties availablo for roots and cereajs. When .that: is known, this- will be a grand agricultural district.-• The tiinber does not,, ds a rule, grow into large'trees,■ but they- are close together. . 'Thero'is a considerable quantity of totara, and much ltooro matai." As a rule they aro rather 011 tho small side for milling, but rimu and white pine grow into much larger , logs. \
Slight showers of rain fell over the Manawatu district on Saturday night, and were' greatly appreciated: In Manga\yeka a good 1 heavy ram prevailed for about three - hours, and to some extent checked the.career of the bush fires. In Apiti district light' ram ■ was also reported.
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 131, 26 February 1908, Page 2
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203A DISTRICT WITH A FUTURE. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 131, 26 February 1908, Page 2
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