GRATIFIED

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 188, 1 April 1932, Page 4

GRATIFIED

dr. reakes pleased wittt development wqrk \ at ngakuru BREAKING IN GALATEA Gratification at the excellent re-j sults of the work carried out hy his I officers at Ngakuru, was expressed jiy the Director-General of Agriculture, j Dr» C. J. Reakes, who is at present on a visit to Rotorua. I In a hrief interview with a "Post" representative yesterday, Dr. Reakes j stated that he- had been most impresjed by the results already achieved at j Ngakuru and considered that these 1 held out a great deal of promise fotl the future. Pastures were coming pa I excellently and the future progr^j of the scheme now rested largely wp j the individual farmers who took over 9 the land. His department would can- j I duct a demonstration farni in connec-J I tion with the block and it was hoped ■ i that this would prove of very ct>n#| | erable assistance to the private sei-J j tlers occupying selections on the| area. ,„|

Yesterday, Dr. iteaxes, paiu a »» to Galatea, where he inspected the estate in company with the distncl fields officer, Mr. C. S. Dalgliesh. Although the general financial situation made it impossihle to indicate defj itely the programme which his department would he able to pursue I breaking in the estate, Dr. Reakes stated that everything was now prjf tically- in readiness to commence tte work. He considered that the Galatea country had excellent posabl ties and if properly farmed, shoa.i yield very good results. Questioned regarding the pro^ heing made with the researches h, htish sickness, Dr. Reakes said t!l| here again, most encouraging PrJ gi-ess was heing made. The- depa j ment had now establislied the soua| Tiess of the iron theory, and its c?| clusions had been substantially ^jj ported by research work carried d| overseas. The niatter now resow itself into a question of soil and of devising some method oi - treatment which would yield rapid results than those which c be achieved at present. At the- - - time, a great deal of very ® ■ data had heen obtained to workup and it was mainly a question o solidating and improving npon » had already been achieved, m oiot ensure success. Dr. Reakes said that he could at present express any QPi^J the value of other areas m tne- _ rua district for developnienta , poses, but there could he no q® i that a consid erable amount H ;{ in this direction would be carri , jwhen times improved.