Oparau.

Kawhia Settler and Raglan Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 355, 27 March 1908, Page 2

Oparau.

(from bca owm cOßKßsroxnasT Se.tiers are ba y getting each separate lot of sheup draf.el sj tbi ov r> one gats their own. Etc ou sheep bought often b iig in? eausad much delay. Settlors sh u d ear.-nark at ouca and save brbar ta others. There are only a (lw b,ts f o draft when ths exic‘. losses will b-j kn wn. The losses will p obably exceed expectations.

Government seed is slaw. If we had all trusted to it our stock w >u’d have had a bad time this winter. We have mostly got seed, and many ha>e their sowing almost done. In places the Aberdeen green top yellow turnip and rape are well up, the turnip in rough leaf. Grass sown first is up growing like our national debt and if stock are kept off until June will ba good feed.

Settlers who offered their sec iois st £5 before the fire are asking £7 per acre. One settler who has a clear buru resowed asks £l2, and as bis arei i® small but good be will probably get more if he waits another two yoa--s.

Danthonia is not to be had either in Auckland or Wellington, This gra-»®, crested ail and tall fe-cue have solved the problem of how to grass fern land in Oparau, and several araaa have bean successf d’y grassed. Dr F. Wallace Mackenzie will he here in two weeks io arrange (or fenc • ing and grassing his native area in Oparau district. The big fire has eaten into his bush and fallen a lot of green timber.

There is no doubt bat that the Government must complete all roads ia the Kawbia County, as the Coaaty Council has no fauds.