EFFECTS OF CLOSE SETTLEMENT.
Although a year ha? scarcely elapsed since the Te Arai estate, acquired from Mr G, Randall Johnson, was thrown open by the Government lor settlement, the property to-day presents a scene of transformation (says the Poverty Bay Herald). There are 40 homesteads, each with its dairy herd, sheep, and crops. A twelve-month prior to the resumption of the property the estate was carrying about 2380 cattle and 19,000 sheep. This season’s official figures, however, show that there were 26,339 sheep depasturing on the estate, together, with 2107 cattle. Whilst the number of cattle has diminished, it should be mentioned that those now on Te Arai are practically all of the dairying class. This season there are also 545 acres under crop, whilst the settlement is estimated to be carrying a population of nearly 200.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXI, Issue 452, 6 March 1909, Page 2
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138EFFECTS OF CLOSE SETTLEMENT. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXI, Issue 452, 6 March 1909, Page 2
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