DAIRYING IN THE KING COUNTRY.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1898, 5 November 1913, Page 17

DAIRYING IN THE KING COUNTRY.

THE RATJMATI ESTATE. '

IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENTS. 0110 of the most striking features in connection with tlio settlement of the King Country is the manner in which dairying lias taken hold. In all districts whero it is at all possiblo to get supplies to'a factory, tlio settlors "are going in for milking. In some places tlio obstacles which are ovorcomo in the sliapo of bad" roads appear almost insurmountable, and the fact that tho industry can bo carried on profitably despite tho disabilities which have to bo ovorcomo convoys somo idea of tho profitable nature of this branch of farming. Tho adoption of tho home-separa-tion system is responsible for tho spread of tho industry in this district, as oven in tho oldest settled localities the state of tho roads precludes the possioility of carting milk to tho This ability to dairy on small sections in badly-roaded districts has made possiblo tho success of tho closo settlement policy of tho Government, particularly in respect to tho improved farm settlements. Preference in these settlements is given to married men without means who aro dependent upon Government assistance, and upon their own earning capacity in the matter of road formation in tho district. These settlements aro all established a considerable distance away from tho railway, and the work of reading them is carried out by tho settlers after tho sections are taken up. •In many instances tho completion of the road formation (to say nothing of metajling) is dolayod tor yoars after the land is opened. It is obvious that under thoso conditions progress must be slow, and ono of the chief essentials to success is that opportunity should be afforded tho settlers of making somo money off tho sections as thoy are being- improved. To stock up with cattle or sheep would bo little use, as the amount carried in this manner, if any, would be too small to be of any uso. Moreover, tho settler would first have to acquire tho money necessary for tho purchase of stock. Dairying under home-separation conditions has done much to solvo the difficulty, and the. ultimate success of many of the settlers is assured. ,The steps taken by the Government to provide cows to enablo the settlers to start dairying has been of groat, assistance, and lias provided an earning capacity which could not otherwise have been obtained.

" The 'l'angitu Improved Farm Settlement is a typical back-block settlement establishment under tho conditions which have just been mentioned. Last season an agreement was entered into by the settlers to supply cream to tho To Kuiti .Co-oporativo Dairy Factory. It was not possiblo to get the cream, to the, railway until late in tho spring, ill consequence of the road to the railway boing impassable. During tlio season, however, a fair "supply was maintained, and despite tho fact that the cream had to be packed on horseback throughout tho season, tho net price obtained by the settlors avoraget} between lOd. and lid. per lb. butter-fat.' ' The l'angitu settlors have jußt started supplying again for this season.

Last season tho oream from tho settlement had tc bo packcd from 12 to 16 milos, but with the improvement in'tho main road the cream this, season can bo carried on wheels for eight milos. • A tram has been laid down for a distance of five miles from Waimilia, and metal ,is.to..bft carried.on tracks from the ;iailr, way.ovor this temporary lino, which is to be pulled up as tho motalling proceeds. Tho supply from tho district' this season is oxpsctcd to bo considerably greater than that of last year, and if tlio road improvements had not been carried out it would probably have been impossible to have handled tho supply by means of pack-horses. It will bo a happy day for somo of the settlers when it is possiblo.to cart over somo of the, roads,' oven in summer. If is under-, stood 'that the money for roading, with which tho land was loaded, has been expended, and many of the roads are still unfinished. So bad are some of tho tracks that sledging is impossible., One settler who has to approach'his section through a swamp, has attempted to get his cream out by pack-horse, and has been forced to give up in despair. Highly encouraging reports aro to hand from all the factories of tho district.— Auckland "Herald." I ; <

The auction sale of; the Raumati Estate,- Paraparaumu, was held / in tlio Chamber of Commerce, Wellington, on October 31. Although' tho unsettling effect of tho strike militated against a record sale, five sections "were disposed of in the room. ' Numerous inquiries aro, it is stated, noiv being received for the unsold lots, which range from 5 acroa to 300 acres. .Reasonable prices are being asked for those, and, it is urged, an excellent opportunity .is afforded to secure a small: farm at moderate cost. Messrs: Murray, Roberts, and Co., Ltd.; and Abraham and Williams, Ltd., aro the sole hgonts.';

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