HOW TO LIVE ON FOURTEEN ACRES.

Waikato Times, Volume V, Issue 295, 2 April 1874, Page 2

HOW TO LIVE ON FOURTEEN ACRES.

A Mr Lor/18 Underground writei to the Adelaide Set/ister of the 3rd instant, ai follows : — Mr Northmore it reported to bare made use of the following expression at the meeting on Monday evening :—": — " The man who proposes to give only 20 acres of land to immigrants must be a lunatic." I suppose he menus to say that it would not bo enough to get a living out of. I have only about 14 acres, and it is divided into nbout §ix under plough, three m native grass, one and a-half forest plantation, b»lf-acre lucerne, two fruit and vineyard, and one acre orndntonted garden. In taking all the proceeds for fresh fruits, bacon, butter, and eggs sold I hare about twico the amount expended for labour and outlay. I grow more than sufllciant hay for horse and cow, and consume a largo quantity of poultry, butter, milk, egg*, fresh and dried fruits, &c , in my own honsehold ; and also this year through the rain setting in so early I lost about one ton of grapes half-dried, and more than this o» the vines. Still, this 18 what I disposed of to grocers and others ; —

There ore a considerable number of almonds and fruit trees not yet in full bearing, orange* and lemoni, and 100 ohre trees the same ; coreral hundred mulberry trees will also bring^ their returns shortly ; ao that, judging by my experience, anj ono with 20 acres of land in luch a climate as ours ought to be able to make a rery good living for himself and family ; in fact, if of a careful disposition, could not help to accumulate money.

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