Feilding Small Farm Block

Feilding Star, Volume IX, Issue 94, 10 March 1888, Page 2

Feilding Small Farm Block

[Communicated.] A little more information about the Feilding Small Farm Block may be acceptable to some of your readers. During my last trip I was told of the first lot of cattle and sheep arriving for the Messrs McKenzie's farm. This is an indication of real progress. Other settlers are anxious to follow suit, and to this end are about clearing a new track, which will necessitate only one crossing of the Oroua. This will be a great convenience both for driving stock and .packing stores. While up, I saw some magnificent sweed turnips, very large, and of prime quality. I believe the soil will be particularly favorable to the growth of root crops. I also saw a thistle ten feet high, that would rejoice the heart of any Scotchman. Tho mos« gui toes had not quite cleared out, but they are migrating fast. They are very useful in the cultivation of that necessary quality, patience. There are rumors of a good deal of bushfelling to be done this winter. I believe the general character of the members of the Association is "self-reliance and energy," and if the Government will neglect their duty in providing roads, they are decided to help themselves. Some of the bush burns this season are pretty good, while others are very indifferent. It is believed by experienced men that January is the best month for this distriot to burn in. For the first time I saw the site of the township that gives its name to the district, Apiti. It is beautifully situated on a level piain, and promises to be, from the character of the soil, dry and healthy — in fact a grand summer resort for invalids. It is suggested that the owners should subscribe, have it felled, and get it all burned off at once.