THE LAND FEVER, &c.

Tuapeka Times, Volume V, Issue 359, 27 May 1874, Page 3

THE LAND FEVER, &c.

**« % {T*tM* Mdiior.) "f Stßi'—What a ooamotien there is amongst flfc* ptopl* of Tuapaka at present. Land •mow to 1m tb* great attraction. What an '•ft of industry is this,-and what prospactswe km got of a bright futur*. £v«n elders, Bom of th« till, blacksmiths, editors, and i Bajporhangeri am Mcurinf the-watte lands in dv» vicinity- of Lawrenc*. Armed with pegs j *£» all duwtions, people who have already got j Mnouah, and man in the decline of yean, are bestriding their nags, bewildered with thala&dfrrer, over Breakneck and down the jalt. of Tuapeka in qu«tt of more. Mr. Editor,..jrronnd v ground now*a-says. "'Pntctiear farmer's" suggestions mutt have bosn felfin many a home, and appreciated by ; m*njr a. colonial farmer. Jtut picture how ! distant ths frown must have been from many > ahtird-won countenance when reading to „ thoir fsmflies the delightful vision pourtrayed by "Practical Fanner" in the Tuafbka itfl^iaist. .What handsome returns, what traaiure by untold in the freeholds when eompared^to: the needy share of profit they ; are receiving at present! How ably he disr dotM his practical experience, and how happy .. h* lands in hit "tin kail yard" after the : hard-fought engagement he has had to r«not>unter with "Colonial Farmer" and I "Ploughboy"! Men such as "Practical Farmer' 1 ought to have the thanks of the community at large for the talent he has dis•play#d and the commotion he has caused in tht minds of the people, because he explains systematically that ground it ground, if people will only be diligent and keep from growing i theilatfr weed. I wish to inform "Practical I Farmer T> that I know of trees planted last - fpring which have already attained the height of four feet. They were very small plants ■ when planted, and in the course of another jtyeaiv v they grow at well at they have done, : hit hawthorn hedge will be completely in the ,• shade; • and if he wishes to see a piece of practical work, he need not visit Victoria or the fold country, for further experience, but take r a walk at his leisure out as far as Mr. Herihert'f property, and he will see all that he has expounded with regard to practical work. .The ploughing is excellent, and the trenching is second to none in the neighborhood of Lawrence, and in the course of-three or four yean there will be trees-there and hedge rows that;willeclip*e all that "Practical Farmer" |.it able to produce after a sojourn of so many feyearsfin different countries.—l am, &c., A Would-be Fabmeb.