SOUTH AFRICAN FARMERS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2185, 25 June 1914, Page 8

SOUTH AFRICAN FARMERS.

By TelWiDh.-a?r«e3 (lice. June 24, 9.55 p.m.) London, June 24. Fifty South African farmers are., in-' specting the. agricultural districts of Great Uritain. LINKWATEII DALE. ESTATE. Prospective, buyers of a section ot tho above estate are'advised to call at the office of Abraham and Williams, , Ltd., in Brandon Street, and look, at the various products from the property, which are now on exhibition. These consist of potatoes, oats, carrots, parsnips,, wheat, and ,ai very fine sample of apples. Anyone seeing the different articles grown on the estate should be satisfied as to tho quality of the soil. Not only is the land among the best for cropping in the Dominion, but it is re-markably-well-suited'to dairying; in fact, the dairying industry is in full swing. A well-equipped cheese factory has becii established for nearly threo years. : Tho butter-fat tost for the district has an average of 4.3. The property is only 13 miles from I'ictou, a ruii.of about three-quarters of an hour in thfc launch, ahd'.iiv the course- of about two yearn, it is stated, there will Ij3 a , good motor from Pi'cton.' A'.steamer of several hundred , tons can berth within a few chains'of. tho cheese- i'ao torv, and produce can be shipped to Wellington at a cost of about &s. 6d. •per- ton, and from three to four boats arc available weekly. There are on tho estate, or in close .proximity to it, a public school, liotel, store, post, telephone .and money order office, and two churches. There is also a rery fine cheese on exhibition.at , the office of. the auctioneers, which c'omesfroni the Link'water Dale C'o-operative Cheese Factory. This property has been subdivided into farms averaging from 20 to 00 acres, and the- terms are all that the smallest capitalist could expect. ..The sale, is'to take placo at the Chamber of Cunmerce, Customhouse Quay, on Wednesday, July 1, at 2 o'clock. The 2f)th Metropolitan Show and Live Stock Exhibition of the Mnriamitii and West Coast A. and P. Association has been fixed for November 4, 5, and 6. Saw-millers—We will be glad to ses you at the Mana-ivatu Show. Don't fail to fee our exhibit. .TOHN CHAMBERS AND SON, LTD., Wellington.* Don't decide upon that nerr Oil Engine without seeinß a "Richmond." Apart from its many, exclusive- nmnts of excellence, tho fact that the "Richmond gained tho highest award in 'opin competition at the International Show ultould induce you to get particulars from A. J. Parton. Plumber, Carterton.—Advt.

Engineers "will spend a profitable time inspecting our splendid exhibit at tho Jfanawatu Show. Tnngye Oil and Benzine Engines—a colossal display. John Chambers and son, Ltd.,-Wellington*