AGRICULTURAL LAND.

Dunstan Times, Issue 427, 24 June 1870, Page 3

AGRICULTURAL LAND.

(to the editor oe the dun»taktime». Sir,—Allow me, through the medium of your columns, to call attention to what I and others consider the greatest—if not the only—obstocle to the progress and prosperity of Clyde, namely the want of a sufficient area of land suitable for agricultural purposes being thrown open to the public, That there are many thousands of acres Of land in this immediate neighborhood eminently adapted for cultivation no ohe would have the hardihood to deny. This land, it is true, is at present in the hands of the run-hollers. Now, these having acquired possession of the runs they occupy in a perfectly legitimate manner, it wo'uld he inconsistent with common sense and justice to demand that they should resign their rights and privileges un compensated fdt so doing.

It is an indisputable fact that farm pro duee is much higher in this district than in any other part of the province. Why is it so ? Simply that the land suitable for farming not in the hands of the squatters is so limited in extent as to be totally inadequate to the wants of the district. In fact, for about nine months out of the twelve we have to obtain even our horsefeed frCm such cHstA&t places that the ex peases press most heavily on those whose avocations necessitate, not only the using, but also the feeding of horses. I wish particularly to solicit the attention of the Municipal authorities, and would ask them to take the matter into serious consideration, and trust the result will exhibit itself in a lAirge increase in the amount of laud under crop and in the number 'of those engaged in agricultural and other industries, cheap produce, and consequently cheap living and the general prosperity of the Clyde district. In conclusion, I would‘remind the electors resident; in the district that a general election will shortly occur, and that it behoves them to select as their representative a man who has tie true interests of the district at heart, not one whose squatting proclivities, personal sympathies, or office-seeking prowould be liable to induce hint to sacrifice bis constituents to gain his own selfish ends. I am, &0., A LONG RESIDENT.