WAITOMO.
Own Correspondent. A few early lambs have made their appearance in this locality, but lambing will not be general for another week or two. The breeding ewes are, on the whole, in first-class condition, and with a plentiful supply of feed, settlers are looking forward to a much better percentage of increase than was the case last year. Those who were fortunate enough to secure a good crop of swedes have been well repaid for their trouble his season. Mr J. D. Stevenson tock out a nice line of 1000 turnip-fed wethers to Ohaupo last week. The prices realised averaged 21s per head which left a decent margin of profit. The 40 acres of swedes on which they were fatened were grown on new fern country, which was only broken up last spring and shows what can be done on fern country with proper management". Several of the settlers near the Caves are going in for milking this coming season. With the advent of metalled roads quite a lot of the country will be carying dairy cows and judging by the success which has attended the efforts of the pioneers of the dairying industry, Messrs Davis and Hall Bros., it should be a paying proposition.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 491, 14 August 1912, Page 3
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206WAITOMO. King Country Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 491, 14 August 1912, Page 3
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