IN THE RANGITIKEI.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1054, 18 February 1911, Page 8

IN THE RANGITIKEI.

jr," D CROrS, GVTHEEED IN. s l(Trom Our Travclllng Correspondent.) K V"As I rodo along'tho xoau towards tho ',Jlingitikei River, stacks vroro to bo "seen $'on*every v hand, : and as far as ,tho.eye could reach, very little remaining in tho'pad- >.<<• <dccks now. All tho fa'rmers s havo had ;v ,«ceptional ; weather; for' harvest, to that ; this yedt's jproJuoo should; bo of- tho highest quality., In fact,- all the', farmers htLt*»itrhom ;i: have .spoken >aid they r have [l i rixt<!proTionslj > ;.liad .better, andjin. most j •{>■/ years; not< so', good. quality. Many yields nlv'tfo that given a .'fair: puce, of (Which thero'.is every prospect, tljis season's cropping operations - in tho <-i-.^:Bnus:itikei■ County shonld prove very sat. f>;i«iisfaetoryAtoj-the . farmers. - Turning off Qi'L'fMrii 'Cliff : :Line,'and skirting .Mr." Fredthere'>»'a. noblo array of. Vv'.vljeat'and; oat. stacks '.Then coins down Y^rk•farm, another lot, are '/•ft! se<!ri~bn -the' right, r On- tho opposite side stacksiof, *oats oil Mr. a ; 2S-acro .paddocki, Then jfvh'jast oyer, tho-foneo arc secu r eijht 6tacks raK«od ! :a.*"|»ttp"*of wheat on Mr. 'Fowler's ' Vt'This! .is expected l to thresh jV^oubfa,]heavy is;where?the'toyitf Jijtitbes f «re grown i\they . are UC wonderful imt tofclit: thiiv'year,'. tho^crop-being estimated tons. ' 1 Thero :are; also ,12. acnv HSMij'potitoM oft Mr.-Foflor's farm, ; quite blight. .'.Crbfsiug over.tho 'Po; s&ilW'tai 6treamj-which' is c now' a': mere Sf w tjickw. j, the;, road f rises,» pi>?t \ tho. school. ''Hillside," son's'of .tho- oldest Rdiißitikei.' * torpi"erl> J ■ the-'nro-Cockburn*., ;,.His .widow and: now.:tho proti?ld. V'.' ' i'Vv: i ' - V tho: Oakland ,nbove "Hill-. elde."'and'lokini;' to" the' left; you' can see ft'K.' tho fino'resideneo of, Mr. W. JjJ Birch,; novvvstanding.' in; fi.rio belts and !i?£.Bl<mtationfi.• Itjonly like yesterday S&wlje^' "came into,; beingrrsbmo Spf, 9# l - 1 ® -• T«*V Pjorjust'. n hare. paddock, f |)'can9ful. plantations, s,?fi!wMph;.fpr'm'..a- , '.finei,' I brenkwind ifrom,: tho rM^heiivJ'. , 3winds > .whicn .at.vtimes •, made: even' «übstantially-b'uilt f placea like.: "Thoire«iyj''S.>vrock- in'oin alar'uiing'iunnrier. ■ On ; half- mile.'V and the .'•' handsome *m"new; house which Mr.. E. T Hi,. Thorns,: of &£{■'jVßiverdalo," ■ has -is 6fcen.". It fl;»,Btaqds bnnn cxtensivo,terrace bbovo the o$ which: very, ilno ' views aj-o seen &W ; frpin/ the: 'homestead..': Still iuorb stacks' interview.' on s ;cvery"side, all safclT;t#'Batnered: in. • Thero taro* sorao good stackbuilders (inf "witness: their iJtgifcaiidiwqrk 'whichever 'way ; you,look. ■ •«/: ibii.dreadfull.fbrdwn arid drift up KfeJho | country looks—there' doeSn't. seem; to • >' I .' w'iuch a;, thins '.as a.- blado of' greon (rrass 'im 5111 ' countryside.Tho sweet vernal Up'] to; seed' stalks, and JS?^WcKythe''stoct:'wilhnot ieat,'..dries up a 'S#W^:-'jColdei»;c9V>jl'»- : #nd girei one' the ;intenso,»dr.vness. -Water is ' 5 £ ft-beiomJiig soon be a '' all VgatesV' open ! "and- ' nllbwing ■ the,- stocksv.being l ;"boxed" 1 all ff over'itheSfarmi as thc.viihustihave access ' } .to waters :Th«,dt-y feed doiis not; do'them ! I J TOufch" ; hari{r Vas the'y. ean >set a i&. .drifii.' > The; next . place is: "Tutu- 1 PMr. 1 ' J.'W.*?.-^Marshall's'" homeW..' is bcftor feedj thb land sfe^,®^!i'^ftPj' )us h,\aud. '.carries' :a jL'f-reole.pf.. grass to tho, heavier clay lands..: j