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Te Aroha News, Volume III, Issue 112, 25 July 1885, Page 7

TIBSTIMO X 1 A L 8 TO n^toti'BTri i~iof.oNi*Ts* /'Tina v^oLONisj'ra- wnii 1 * AND rvrchovMmA of i p'-'vt, T^NOWLKnOTC » i\.NOWLbI3U^, V COMPENDIUM OF I^FOUMATION BS PRACIIOAL COLONISTS UPON "•ARmNQ, HORTICULTURE, AXI) ALL SUBJECTS OF INTEREST TO <lEW ZEALAND SETTLORS. Edited bt Thomson W. Li.yx.

The publisher has much p 1 ensure in *c'.i»*>w•dging receipt of the follow in« to»t jnnnitlfl om wull-known agriculiuriiM-in r-:>1 ui*.«i radical colonists on tbo value of the h v >ovo york : — The following letter is from Mh ,T • «•'•" W it.VCR. Hillside. Pa pat oitoi. Aiimn . n.« i« 4 ■ aciu-al and sucvMsful settlors in iho Auckland t«tnct. his opinion 1» of %reni v.xinv. "Sib, — I have looked ftuwanl with a con* •lerablc dejrree of int-TC«t- to lU- pnitlit'iiL.'oit of KKTT'S COLOyiSTS' (iUIDK. Uini C.m now s.t»y at it ha* far exooiifU^l -.my i-xj.)»«-tat'i* *. Inrdly a nay passes without ,my th-dinx .-orioting in it* pages both inti-r-*Bt^n7 nn.l «n<« <u» .ye. It is a book that slio-thi b*> n» evury •ttlo.r's house in .the col. ny'3& Th.- 4 pnr'i-m •tvoted to farming is full of rc%^»lq i A •:».<aon, ai.d 1 have no hecitntion iii'*Tin. < j\ it > th«* most com prehenwv«- and >t vy' tr -"-' < »°* \ New Zealand culoniat ever pu j .-flfcti."

From Sir Grorob Qur.v, K.C.H.— "-M.-. jW-t-r ir, -I hay«» kept in coiiHtant **• for tn-wnrdu tt ■»o moaths the cop> of liiacn-'** '.'oiom -.-s' .UIHK AND CyOLOI'^KOIA OF UsKKf KN«> *- ,»nGB. which you won* kochl unouiili C«» h-j«1 no. 1 have teslod it in iumi.t w-»y-> up.^l n j--ro.it •ariety of useful sub.ior'p » n«l nm -.I'ioflfd t'aat • is 03 far the best work of the • imH : &\ c ever •son. I feel that its mori's nnrt um«fnini-*« i-i re»tion to all pr.tciu*al m:'..i- -t.-* %r '.*■ -h ti • -fler's comfort and suoct-xs doM>ni^ r-MHlm- it a •e«*eBBarv appendage to 9v«*ry home in New V, a\nd.— Faithlully yours, G. G\.c.i. — Kuvt.iu. anuary 7th, ISSi."

Mr John Walla^b. of r.-\ >:. A'aiuku (formerly of M«i '•• u«h). wi-oi #n .- oi <ur earliest settlurs, and hua h..on f»" w- if • cans closely conncetod wit". pAvr- .jrur tn i.r«»:ioto the avriculturnl inti-rt-sts of Uu* •• n -kl.ind isiriot, writes as follows :— " I>kar Sin.— l ha*, c much pl«-«8u« 5 » •. Mm r ar mile in warm conuitoiuliitioK oi I- -mi's 'OLONIBTS* GUII'E. It J» u book ')>:\\ V.-Hllil ' », •ni only in every famwr's li"T.i'\. i-ni *• 1 1 •• I Imo be on everT colonist's i)oi>i -ln*.f m» m.st ut n what lino of colonial industry hi- «-i .-I. »uav •c i-nirftiTi-d There is i» T-.-:.. t' .1 .' r ,t'\. tn ■■•okinxbuckoverap'Mod'-t U^«^'.*V.- r v 1 • >»W ial viork how much \a u.iblo tun- aMii 111 • »y iKht have been saved jf at tho '■• "iieiii' ;^ - ba ut.d of information had bci-n n\ .ul.iii i*iu* :. <le <s as is now within the n\u*h of ;■!• in tbi-.HiiHt-o f hvoti's G'lidu. Colon bis. wiii- t". -.ii «- i.» bti woi'thy of the namo, should not, fmiu i«^ "!oant appenrnnci* or the quality o ! th- nuiutinl, uake it a drawing • room bonk, to he o-'ked at and atltuiiofi j.s !■<■ •*<ii> i < u ■ictiire or a cttri--; th<*v «hon)d h«ve it. on the mantle-shelf, the sf-j-., tr the •omer of 1 lie table ; in fa^t. ■injv\l.<re a.- -hat he eye of Father, Mother Jo 1 nnv. inui .)• <my, •nd uven th« heli'B nmv ha- o a i-li ••»■*■* of •> .kntr at it during suaro m'nti ••£ in iln- !■ •• ' >-f •nmiuer or the ineJomuii** of win'-r. »rett hns shown. p'ni'k ir. brii "i-iR i-ut .«u-H >t ook. hjß been' exrerdinj'iy Uir-utuitv t» i\\3 election of his contrit-uW-rs and I h nf.cr»-ly ope it will prove ft financial »u< ccb.-*."

Mr GEOttOK HoLDeitir. M-vnn-.ii'' Vb < ctor o< he Auckland Timber Company 'i ;l a •■radical ■olor. istof long experu'nrc. writ ■.•*■: — * 4 . u ir,— l have look d over jmir *■<.■■•-••• i-'.-s' iuiUE. and consider it our oi tin: kicsi ti'-ful tnd valuable books foi the 'm \\ i.-.i i'"l M-ttlor ever publishrd Tli« % inforiu* ■•••n is o aricd, and the ndvicc fro pr-otinu. A rinj;li* ara-^raph will often be fouiiu woi (h more than ' he 0061 of thu book.

Mr T. W. Hickson. Fstfito Ace-.it Auck.ind, has contril'U'od the foi'o-.-. in 1 ,' :— "I have much plpn««urr in --'ani.j- tbai.h.-iv'ns •arofullj examined fn<" liumV ('<»ioviBr» •ri idk. I h.we no bciot-ition in s-. • '«i I cc-!i«.}.;,ir t good uiluo for tl-f .-I'iii* :-nl d U>v It in fa •', north ten and twenly tinn*o tin* iuojh-j to \hnost anyone cngugeu in rur.il nulns^i riuu-'

From n Puki * obi 1 tMi-r. PukcKnho. l-econi.-ii»*l. '?°3 •'DBAnSiR,— I havu rt'ii'iriy b.i-n pv • ' «i by a friend of mine with a o py f \ our v«lr.-- ■■«« work, 'I hk ( OLONlsts'Giii'i- li n)ti-Mns vi'l written artirles on noai-.y ov»-ry --n ]«■■ *. •( Intxrost to the settlor, xce-t i\- i.t.. wHi which it does not ni^ddlo. hoi- .%h.<l«>n ,-. "c c videnth writtm b> pia. t;«*«l men. m:<l (M .ni- n% the TitHiiU of much ox\w\ ienc.c \> « <>• im.n. i n d readable form. Thu-- w ti.i \ o th «•-•• |iM<»n«. of the bes< breeds of ffoi-8f«. Cuttle Mu • ;-. I'uuli-y. etc , oto., for thin part of tho vsor'.ci ; nm! i]hja is ai-*o a weil-mado iiigfst nf s- i h a" "« »f New Z- aland as are of dpocia! iuten si Jo i >.• ■ 1 ' m .- ry settlftr ; indeed, the bo-.k »»a io«l V.-nU- N *i- t.n, and should be in the iMjHM-vju-n of cvm or-r 'or In the Colony. - Yours rosj>.cJ fully, W. 11. I Madilu" " Dkar Sir,— Having win^rlnc 'ot n- • t'b Colonists 1 Guii>b, 1 licg to <-njr tl-.* 1 l nn- \< ry ploayed with it. The nn-out-t if pt.fi -n\ i> f «»r. mation contained in it i« invahmbi- ••••d 1 •n« eider it the best 50a worth •-. <*.('. cl i«. ;lm New Zoaland Public No B*tth*i o hu i i---«-s man should be wUhoti" it I t^'* v ti*. lio opinion will say that you hnvf ronf in* • *«or>n on the colony by your »p*ri • d effort. 'J" n^ nflf you pi'rsonally, and wi-June tho •mltiit o*«- tff every bucccsb, I am, Sir, ji.un* titii . N<»^n" Wood." CoifSUT* Griffin writes *»*■ fnt'ov* ■» vrW ■*>'- fcrence to this work. As « <■ on; •cm* ntn t •■» •• n» si ve literary acquiroim ntJ-, an*" in ott »«♦• •' •• ''h the valuable library o' iM/n-tio-.! -.\ '•»•». h f*«r "which we »re indoht<-d to th*-- Unitrd >i,'«tos. his opinion is noteworthy : - " Tlie book is the mnM vafun'-l- wi'rk of«ho kind puhlished in the Co'Dni-'M. 1 u:.\f r^.d every chapt<Tin it with/rti^rn'on tiu' 1 il-.mi.»', Tho extont, variety, and a< mrac' o( i\- inf--r-i mation are extraoniinury It i- whnHt o'a -.is to ho, a CyoloTifcdia of Univ-1 :tl U mvl«.»:e. The insight that it jrivo.- int>> iho m -•' •s-.-.r---. -vi methods of aßricultui-e. tho n tin.-.-. i»n-"*.i 'if 'l^o stock, the dairy — iivfaci « v<". - ' »»*n' "«•? :u«.is\t» tofarmimr operations— tonmii-n-l ii m 'vtr < -.0 interested in tho p. o:-p<rit.- «•' <"\-- o'ouy. The editor, has displayod nmst exyMu*'! ts-i>to «n«i jud«mont. All, his Ul-*ur --ri- <■• -.ji»»iii : - !•: >«l and prnctical. Tho arranwMHo' « -f h* m»' i-vt matter ip simply admirablo. I, a*n ■*•)>•• «w*j Blea ed -with tho ar^--l«>s on v?*'»"V,v. flsvx.-frtrft, , nud. hop culture. Thp«'.nlv-'»".-*i t>f tho lu^l Gorerumcnt and land lawn of 'hi* - f>v»>y >h ihe niont nuooinot and intolUtrth •• U* •• I '•.*» «-otn« nndsr*mjf*«'oK*' > rv« 4 ion. \vl*i'«- vi t>-** enn hijj, bin-'jng, and illuoirations of tl<e wtork urt wuperb."