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Patea Mail, 28 March 1882, Page 3

THE LARGEST FARM IN THE WORLD. At Fargo, in the United States of America, is a farm forty-five miles long and one mile wide, all cultivated under the supervision of one man. The produce of this enormous area last season was 600,000 bushels of wheat and 90,000 bushels of oats, the latter being grown for use on the farm as food for 800 head of horses. The yield per acre of wheat averaged 20 bushels. The estate is worked by 800 men, who need forty cooks to supply them with food in season. The management of this enormous estate is conducted as follow : ' The 30,000 acres under cultivation are divided into five divisions of 6000 acres each, under superintendents, who are responsible directly to Mr Dalrymple, the commander-in-chief. Each of these regiments is divided again into battalions, with a foreman or major, who has charge of 2000 acres. Under him are three companies, each having a captain and cultivating a section, which is. 640 acres of land. Each superintendent plants his crop and harvests it,. reporting from time to time to Mr Dalrymple, who directs and oversees the whole, but spends the greater part of his time at the office, planning and calculating for= the best results from the smallest outlay. The superintendents are responsible for the good order of their men, stock, and machinery, and there is a decided rivalry between them as to which can produce the biggest crop. When the ploughing commences in the spring the men go out in gangs, each taking 640 acres, under the direction of a foreman, who rides along on horseback to see that the work is done properly. Everything is in the military style.

TO PURCHASERS OF LAND ! The EMIGRANT & COLONISTS AID CORPORATION, Limited t HAS " 40,000 ACRES OF LAND PEN for selection, in sections Varying from 50 to 500 acres. The land forms part of the block known as the “FEILPING SETTLEMENT/’ situated in the heart of the Manawatu County. A Large Portion jf the Sections has frontage ’ on good Main Roads, in close proximity to a main railway line. The quality of thw soil is very rich. It is bush land, and much of it has special value for saw-milling purposes. What is not thus heavily timbered can be cleared at a cost of The price of the land is—£2 10s per acre, Cash ;or £3 0s „ Deferred [Payment, On the following terms, viz. : £1 to be paid on selection, and the balance, viz., £2, at the end of 5 years, meantime bearing interest at 6 per cent. TITLE UNDER THE “ LAND TRANSFER ACT. . For plans and further particulars, Apply to „ THE AGENT E. & C. CORPORATION, FEILDING. Feildingj Ist July, 1881. | 2ml