Oparau.

Kawhia Settler and Raglan Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 325, 9 August 1907, Page 2

Oparau.

(fKOM OUS OWN CJIUiEsJPONDKNT.) Lambing is now general and a spell of fine weather is desired The grass is coming away well f ud soon there will ba more than the winter stock can eat. Mr Whitcombe has finished subdividing Rotoiti—the land of tbe Huiraa and Pumipi families. There is not so much bush being fallen here this season, but as soon as the Government stamp is oa the native lease deeds bushfallers will be wanted aod those who scrub honestly, although they have to leave a few trees to make it pay, are tbe ones who will be wanted. In three years from now there will be little bush to fall. It is now time to transplant fruit and forest trees and put the potatoes in, but care is necessary to have the young shoots covered to protect them from frost. The Waitara manures with |ct. superphosphate is about the best for its cost. The Millburn rock is the best superphosphate for tbe money as it is treated with the proper quantity of sulphuric acid and it is safe. Onions to be a thorough =ucces should be sown now in well worked old land. It is also now the time to notice tbe advantage a good hay patch would be, properly saved and salted. Lucern gives a splendid double crop and if mixed with cow grass and dt la tat urn hay is much relished during the winter by the stock. Where a turnip crop is unreliable, hay is a splendid substitute. Ensilage is also good winter food and stock thrive well ot it. ’lu this climate very little labour will give a good bay crop in lucern, clover aud paspalum, aud it is really worth tbe earneat considered ' ot grazierss. {: *“