FARMING IN UREWERA

Opotiki News, Volume II, Issue 155, 8 March 1939, Page 4

FARMING IN UREWERA

..." >r* ■; • MAORI TRAINING FARM OLD RINGATU SETTLEMENT ■ Siit***®* in A „ . MENACE OF HAWTHORN' -.A new~~ineffa<J'e*-to- farming operations has appeared in the extensive undeveloped, area of native land aroundi Te Whaiti, in tlie U newer a Country. ■

Originally a pioneer native settlement, a considerable area bf river fiats and undulating terraces, i’ormcr--1 v in Maori occupation, has gone hack into gorse , ‘%it3 if ' • develop? ■ .jnent of recent years, however, is the .’Manning,-thread of hawthorn. .v At one time the headquarters of the' Ringatu movement, the -Maori settlement was maikod by clumps of'-haw-thorn planted around the native pas. Favoured by Stfitable climatic- conditions the hawthorn, like the barberry in the Bay of Plenty, .-has developed into a Menace that vthreatens to spread over a wide- area. Hawthorn sedflilmgs djavQ appeared in all directions, andMuaich of this land, which is still* in A#tiv&dos?'nership, is being over-run by large, dumps jjwlii.cli. will be exceedingly difficult anti expensive*’ to eradicate. . ■.% % .y'/Pbdtr.Hie. around Te Wnaiti is capable of profitable occupation is fby the success of the farming operations initiated by the i dVla'ofi i\ Li s'sioiT i 1 * ugll i ! this farm, iltvhicdi-is- designed; fpr the training of Maori boys,: liirs’-Tfeeir, in . •TyuK yenrjsrjr considerable^progress has been made. The land is-being broken in for dpi*,v r -.- 4i f?d* results so far have been t en^uM^?#itWaJl?# -jyiiiafe i g*yij.ihire wMfllwe*-ra&'C of white clover tire to be seen. , Like all pumice’’, areas, successful Ppears. ade-/ Equate of fei&ili.ser anfel&iple rainfall. This extensive area doulitless will ji-mne into profit-ahe . occupa* *t\cm at sum (L future date. : h fz 'a s* s ® 3 ?;