ARIA.

King Country Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 406, 21 October 1911, Page 6

ARIA.

Own Correspondent. The section.* i" tin* district Rrolooking oxceplioiu;!!;' wel! just now, and the grass" released from the iron hand of -i ac ! : ann nursed back to life by penile rr.hu, is rapidly macing lip for its enforced inactivity and is giving,great promise for the future, which we sincerely hope will bs fulfilled.

It is refreshing to note the increased amount of land under cultivation. The farmer who does not crop part of his land will soon be the exception. The [dairy industry ha 3 now been placed on a sound basis, and good returns are assured to the farmer, who gives his attention to this class of farming. The influx of dairy farme-s from Taranaki and elsewbtere shows which way the wind is blowing. Wc give them a hearty welcome. Many of us are new chums to dairying and we are quite willing to learn from the more experienced newcomers. Several milking p'ants are now being installed, and these will be quickly followed by others. The milking machine has proved beyond doubt its reliability and usefulness. It is cheaper, cleane'r, and better than hand-milking. The cows like it and the men like it. Every year, in fact, it is getting more difficult to get men to milk by hand and the thinking farmers in this district will be quick to follow the lead of their brothers further south, where dairying is a science and the cow is run for all she is worth. One has only to take a trip through any of the well established dairying districts and note the prosperous look of the homesteads, to come to the conclusion that the cow is worth treating with respect. The splendid well watered, rolling country here is particularly adapted to dairying, and it v\'iU not be long before we can compare very favourably with our neighbours in South Taranaki.

A well known land agent recently touring this district gave it as his opinion that the unimproved value of the land had increased £-1 since settlement. This is good news for the settlers who have spent years of toil and hardship on their sections. Tney will go to work with the renewed assurance that there is a better time coming. There are still a few plots on the landscape. The locked up lands are always with us, at our very doors, in fact, and the spread oi noxious weeds on these lands is a menace the settlers cannot afl'ord to ignore. However, we must live in hope 3 of there things being remedied. There are good, kind guardians down in Wellington trying to make all happy and prosperous but they are apt to forget us if we do not speak up and with no uncertain voice make known our grievances.