Te Rau-a-moa.

Kawhia Settler and Raglan Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 256, 27 April 1906, Page 2

Te Rau-a-moa.

(from a correspondent.) It is pleasing to be able to report 'hat the season just completed by the 1 .cal butter factory has bean highly successful, and that the prospects f t he future are very encouraging. Th it the q of rhe soil here is if tbe very highe t is admitted by even hose who lo nut lise tbe place. The ■ther day I came across a purple top r.urn p growing on Mrs Loreoz’s farm, vtich turned the scale at 19ib-. foe urnip was grown with »i- maoure. O ir old friend ‘ Kia ” Rmdall has i mmcnc d a new industry here, havs i: g ma le a start with bicon curing, He ba-i a’ready killed some splendid ..ige, and expects to ba e a i.»u t no n ava’Ublo for =ale sh >r ly. Tbe acco nm tdation house now in h * hand- of M/a E. lie Prou has been ! o’oug -ly renovated, and na =4lees to -ay he rnprova.ii'nts add comt *- to a h >a-e that has alreidy w-n a on me with the tra • -11 ng pub ic. I b have that tbe.a is ev-rj i-i t » expect that IDn lall’s Road will be c n -trect <1 bef >re next milking «’•, •he work having recently been laid ouf by Mr W. Armstrong. A ;.b•• 'wo pounds mo'e s e=t be e >’• --- - work- would be very accen a’l< -he settlers.

Tne worry of the r ?s:dsTs f locality—the hi*ha4to 1 ’ K rag v >rt—is, IRm pleased > --y, a minimum, thinks to the step- .f u by the Government to cope wuu evil, and tbe settlers sincerely tra that ere long the “ yellow pan! ” -v 1 have almost disappeared. Tua Me* •» th? Stock Dapartment m putting sh ep on the sections has not only p-oved beneficial to the settlers, but has also been a success financially. A few months ago some sheep (broken mouth ewes) were brought in from the Waikato, the mob being in very px>r coalition —in fact some of them had to be carried in a waggon provided. Some week- (only weoks mind) Later 100 of them were sent out fat, realising about 17. per head, and as they ware bought for a shade over 18s a good profit wm realised. At the present time theie are another hundred ready for the butcher and they will shortly ba sfld» Two hundred rats in a few months is not a bad record. The Government has 309 odd sheep, basides six highpricad pure-bred rams, here which ate plac-jd on the varirns sections, tbe holders being allowed a penny or so per head per week for grazing. Tbic is a splendid idea, but, unfortunately, it had the effect (in one or two instances only) of inducing suppliers to give up sending their milk to the tacfe tory, they being content to merely receive the money that was awarded by a Government that was endeavouring to assist the settlers to help themselves, Tbe diffarenca in the paddocks is already noticeable, as vary few ot the plants have this year either gone to fl »wer or seed. Mr rt-oiul is in charge of the sheep aud a i a keen delight in the flock. I hear that tbe Government (more p >wer to it I say I) has bad estimates p-»pared of the quantity of wire neejssary to subdivide the holdings, so as to confine the sheep to a small patch, which i: is thought will have the effect of almost eradicating tbe weed. Needless to say our settlers are very pleased with tbe action taken by the Governmsnt, and more particularly with the enorgy ffis« played by Mr Greenslade, M.H R , and I think they will always remain loyal to the Seddun Government. I consider they have every reason to.