TOKOROA.

Matamata Record, Volume III, Issue 164, 31 December 1919, Page 4

TOKOROA.

A start war made with the, 'manufacture of cheese" at the "Tokoroa cheese factory on Dec.' Ist, when the. supply of between 500. and 600 cows was received. . Mr W.. Carr-Rollett, chairman of directors of the Xokoroa Cooperative Dairy Company, speaking of the ; prospects of Tokoroa when interviewed, said that large areas of land were heirig laid into spring grass. Very large areas have, been put down • ( in turnips, while a considerable area has been put down in oats. The oat crop is looking magnificent. Mr Carr-Rollett expressed the opinion .that Tokoroa land was as good as Matamata land. When he first settled at Tokoroa he was much ridiculed, and was told tliat he was inviting disaster. He had the courage of his convictions*, however,, and persevered. He .has. one of the finest dairy farms in the whole of the Waikato.v ' '■■ y Asked how he treated the soil at Tokoroa, Mr Carr-Rollett said he used basic super or super and guano, about 2$ owt to the acre. He ploughed the ground after tumipsand sowed it with gras"?. .• Whan the grass was established he top-dressed it with 2 cwt of manure. The grass then lasted for two years. When the land was worked in that way it would carry from' eight to ten sheep to the acre. Aged cattle and aged sheep did better on new land than other stock.. Tokoroa was j afire

fattening country, said Mr Carr.Rollett, Tokoroa ger--5 minated 20 per cent better there than in, Canterbury. This meant that a farmer'could put 30 lbs of seed to the acre in at Tokoroaand get the same result as the farmer Who put 40 lbs;of seed in', at Can? ; terbury.' was owing to the fact that al; Tokoroa there,was more heat than moist«rei> During the i period the farmers of the Waikato have been complaining bf lack of rain, several downpours Had beenexperiencedat Tqkoroa|'The locality, was evidently,'within the belt; 'Cocksfoot, al 1 and : , timothy did well. , Ryes were "all right when dnce ' the grass was established. At the ; present, time'"-ninetymilk cows were grazing on 160 acres, and the grass was igrOwing away from v them. ' v " \. ;>Mr parr-Rollett said'.that he ' had watched the turnover of the farmery' Auctioneering .Compahy's,business at Tpkoroa, and ■ as .the .result; he considered it •" would be good business tor them Vand a ;.great convenience to<thp •: settlers if they established a store .near the faptory. When Jhe pro- ; made to the Company I they immediately recognised its soundness, and treated the settlers most-generously by setting.to ' work and erecting a commodious building at, Toknroa. This .has now\'been, completed. ,It is the 1 intention of the Company to put a married man i n the place, and run '. it as a general store. A loop from the T.T-T. Company's line is under construction at the present ,; 'time.'' .'" ■', -\ ' , > , The prospects at Tokoroa, cohs eluded Mr Carr-Rollett, were

second to none in the Dominion, and he had every confidence of the « future. Miny moneyed men we're taking up large areas of virgin country, and were' thoroughly de- ,/ veloping them with a view to subsequent subdivision and sale.