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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3720, 22 November 1927, Page 2

A visitor to Foxton recently expressed surprise that such a large area of land within easy distance of the town was allowed to remain in its natural state. “I have seen much poorer country than this up north converted into good secondclass land. You don’t want an aeroplane to top-dress your land and with shelter belts planted I venture you would not know the socalled wastes in ten years. Give a dog a had name, applies to your socalled sandy country. Get your squatterd to cut it up into 200 acre holdings and place it on the market at a reasonable figure —say Government valuation—and see what a difference i twould make to your town. Your listrict is certainly lagging behind other districts in the matter of settlement on country much poorer.”