The Forest Reclaimed.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 39, 16 January 1885, Page 4

The Forest Reclaimed.

As showing what may be done ;hv a- country dfetrfct by persevering indu'stfy a* Wairarapa'paper writes :|— .'Between .four and five years ago Mr of the Franco-Prussian war, tojsk up,J|yfi > 4icres.of.ro ; ug|i po^untry lahd at Mo'kara creelc, two miles out jof jMasterton.. , 'I,'he land, he ; l)e r gan to ; btidnpy it, was ; covered with; : heavy timber, partially burnt. Since : '■ then rt? has been 'grubbed,' aiid. three 'acres by m dans* df •> i spade i iwork li as conyeiited. into;a garden and 'orchaj-d;' l This season* -Mr Gruschou, wjho ■keep's a 'strict 1 rt'e'eourit/ iof his* sales f has fdr^atded 'lo4Olbg J ■of stfawbfer;¥ic's^rid 600 "" iqfu'afts' bf goosebei'rjes' ! 't6 M Y'Llttyd' Jones', •" fruiterer. * |de hks how! tla'clc c'urrahts^aWd'faspDerries'ffbino;' W waste': a' crb'ti J of probably ten tons ot .potatoes,, haltof which are ashleafs'i.over'a' thousand apple trees budded on blight jVrbof s£ocks" : ahd ! 'ca're'f^lY tfrain^d, [, tfiib \fwx year ' old's ij'eariiTg as ','iniich '.'as -about # oorb^pn?phe ' tree'; 1 a cottage completely smothered m viinds 1 p,r.. thp. f -p/ac^^ ,^lamuur^, Swe|etwater and qtlier varieties, coveted witli young iruit ; and to crown ,all .the^iaS:3'!CQw.,.tha(^ : yi,el(|s ,15lbs i of butter per week, besides keeping hisia'mily ill : milk. ■ ] In ispite .of! a broken leg .Tthat laid him up ifor, •twenty ■ wfcekjs, the strongboned sol dier, v/ho carries the mark of shotand shell on his forehead, has., , m : the short space of five years, caryed . out. a, peaceful Jionje where he f <|;ali Kveiihandfependence/'-witllitlie 1 ' axe .and.5pade.y. ,..:..,,.,,, . t