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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1832, 19 August 1913, Page 6

SCIENCE AND EXPERIENCE PROCLAIM THE VALUE OF PUMICE LANDS. Giying,evidence before the Taupo Totara .Company's Committee in 1911, Mr.'B. C. Aston, Government Agricultural Chemist, stated: "The pumice soil..readily allows tile heavy Tainfalls to rapidly drain away, and, owing to tho excellent capillarity of the soil wlicn.compacted, .permits tho soil-water to ascend from belowjivhere this is possible. Owing to the absence,,of .clay-purticles, the snil can be worked;at any. time, wet or dry, without danger'o'f puddling. The dominant plant-food required ior legumes is potash, and this is present in abundance in the pumice." The Special.Commissioner " for the "New Zealand Herald" says, under nn article headed "A Pumice Land Farm" in the "New Zealand Herald," February 17th, 1913: "I visited Martin Brothers' farm,'.'about .two years ago,. in company with ;some prominent members of the Auckland Agricultural and Pastoral Association, and we.were all impressed then with tho luxuriant growth of clover, and with the carrying capacity of the pastures. I visited the farm again a few days ago, and was still more impressed with the improvement. that skilful working and time 'mikes in this' class of land. . . . At tho Martin -Brothers.' farm T saw oats growing on land that had been down in clover for some years, and they were as fine a crop as could be found in the Auckland Province. The straw was a good height, clean and straight, tho heads were large,_ and the grain plump. Mr. Martin estimated the • yield, at between '50 and CO bushels per acre, but ono pad-, dock, I am sure, would exceed this considerably.. It was the amazing growth of clover, however, which caught my fancy. Four splendidly-built stacks of clover iliay, each containing 50 tons, had been saved in almost perfect condifiop, and the aftermath already was so. heavy that 1 it would be counted a fine crop in somo districts. The general pasture was exceedingly good, clovers, trefoils, cocksfoot, rye, timothy, rind other grasses showing up in luxuriance. ' After examing this pasture. I was not-altogether surprised when Mr. Martin informed me that they had carried on grass nlono 100 cows on 109 acres for three, months of the milking season." Small or larger investors are now given the opportunity to make money out of pumice land by securing shares in the Waiotapu Estates Development Company, Ltd.. « limited number of .shares in which company are available ; 2s. per share is all tliat •is paid on these shares, and not more than Is. per share per month can be called up. Full printed particulars will be sent to any address by A. T. Bate, Sharebroker, Corner of Grey and Featherston Streets, Wellington, on request. A postcard with your address will be sufficient to pat you in touch with this splendid opportunity which, it is estimated, will mean the doubling of your money in a reasonable time, with Freehold land security in tho meantime. Published by the Waiotapu 'and Syndicate, Ltd.—Advt..

Messrs. Dalgety and Co. have been Instructed by Mr. Isaac Runsfield, Monakau, to -eoll by miction in tbe yard of Mr. T. Bevan, junrj near Manawatu rail way station, tho whole of his farm Stock. The sale will bo held on Monday next, at 12 o'clock. You will bo advised to take this and that; but if you have a Cold or a Cough; if Influenza or Nasal Trouble of any kind is bothering you, "NAZOJj" is the one thing -needful. Ijfc curcs. Is. 6d. —Advt.