THE N.Z. AGRICULTURAL COMPANY.
a According to the Mntiuini Ensign, £1 the Now Zealand Agricultural Company have just finished breaking up 3000 acres of land for turnips next season, and the teams have commenced ploughing thi>. land for wheat and oats. Over 5000 acres, chiefly of wheat, were sown in the autumn, and there are 5000 acres more to sow in spring. The luitumiHown wheat is looking well and strong in spite of the unfavor-' able hard frosty weather we have had, and if proper weather is experienced in (spring it promises to be a heavy crop. The company are also going to> lay down some 4000 acres in English grasses this summer, so that they have a total of 17,000 acres under-cultiva-
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 6, Issue 1744, 24 July 1884, Page 3
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123THE N.Z. AGRICULTURAL COMPANY. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 6, Issue 1744, 24 July 1884, Page 3
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