GOING AHEAD.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1034, 25 January 1911, Page 10

GOING AHEAD.

TIDINGS ]?RO!I TAUIIARUNUI-

farming in' tho'i''vicinity of'Taumar•itnui -is making headway and land in that locality, which in, its virgin state, appeared light and unprofitable owing to the. punnceous iiaturo. of- the .soil'is proving better than anticipated! A few months ago' Mr. F. 'f. Moore, of . John-' sonville, took up '.tlip'.grazing rigljts of AVillowdalCi a farm on tho south bank of the AVanganui River opposite Taumarunui, and is. meeting with really good results. Many years ago tho Natives . planted, under tho direction . of tho early mis'sioners, a portion of.tho alluvial, flat on this farm with willows, plums, quinces, etc., to which plantation Mr.: O'Shea, the owner of the property rnoro recently, added apples nectarines, -grape - vines,, and ,other, small fruit trees, air of which, are now making -a. splendid show. . The. grapes., which are growing in the open, aro ihost .attractive and' bearing a. heavy crop. .-Oats,, -maize,' carrots, and cowgrass : cultivated- this season aro doing excellently. -Tho clover grasses on the alluvial flats: are keeping the. dairy herd in Uniformly fiiU 'milk and tho i-yo and' cocksfoot .'on. tho hills' aro feeding' 2$ sheep per acre and supporting 100, head of. cattls and .horses, 'in splendid condition. As .therb, are .hundreds of .thousands of acrcs of land with theso-capa-bilities on both: sides, of the AVanganui River, extending from Taumarunui towards Lakp Taupo, . extensive' and prosperous settlement'. will follow rapidly as tho country becomes occupied and Taumarunui. must become a. very important ceiitro in . the. early,, future;

Tho (-extensive;, tramways that saw--millers liavo made .through ■ this country will proyo valuable factors in opening up the land. Tho Taruigamutn Totara Company has. already traversed, some 18 miles in one direction aud.tjio lines of Messrs. Ellis and Buruand. and Mo'oro Brqsi-'.haro" opened' np 'a, similar length of country in other directions; Tho-mombors of Ayellington -Land Board, now on tour, alt : Tauiiiaruiiui wero, invited • by. Mr., Moore, to. traverso theso railways" and see . the country and timber opened; up, but'tlieir previouslyarranged itinerary prevented them from doing so on,this occasion.'- .