A FLOURISHING COUNTRY CENTRE.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 930, 24 September 1910, Page 20

A FLOURISHING COUNTRY CENTRE.

In Dannevirke just now..one is mnc!i • struck- with tlie prevailing air of con- ,■. fidence as to the future of the town -- and district, and truly- there • Beema much to justify' .'the :.feeling;. The : .. . transition which lias taken place is the more' remarkable, when it. is rememi '-' b'ered that but a few. years back the • • .whole of the country for;miles around ;> was virgin forest; Now the timber. • milling stage having come and gone, agricultural and pastoral '-pursuits form . the :key to. the position.- One ..of 'tha > and . outstanding foa* • tures is the recent development of . the. dairying .industry, and tho .V,immense.'scope for stilli'grbater .progress in that . direction. '.Large areas of. land. have. already been cut up into suitable-sized ;'v dairy: farms, while several other yahi-' ableblocksmust within, a short "time >k- • --.v' <bo "likewise maHe available .for. closor. . settlement. 'As most of the farms areX'' ... but recently out of the bush, tho producing power: of; each aqd every one , 1 11 must largely increase as .tho land ia cleared and ' suitably worked. Therd ; are already numerous, cheese factories' and creameries (though not half, what ; L :.' : we- may-€xpcet ;to\see:.beforo". very-many years have and almost, every holding may bo said to have one or 'rnoro within easy reach. Amongst fac-;; & -tiiry^-suppliers;'there'-is .an ;enthusiastio; appreciation of. the necessity for :work-;. . 1 ing. along " proper linos, ; as?;regards'; quality of . stock and dairy management generally, and there: can be no doubt whatever.that.Dannevirko must ere long occupy an important place as a produiv ing cent-re. -Uv::-