FARMING PROSPECTS: NORTH AND SOUTH.

Waikato Times, Volume XX, Issue 1705, 9 June 1883, Page 3

FARMING PROSPECTS: NOR TH A ND SO UTH.

J. G. writes to the Weekly News : — Continuing upon the above subject it will be of importance to consider how tiie settlor, alter having produced an article for export, can get it cheaply and easily to market. It appears to the writer, that here, again, the 'North is (or shortly will be) more fortunate. The bulk of wool, wheat, oats, &c, have in the South, to bo carried (notwithstanding the number of ports) a long distance by land. Such carriage, cither by rail or drays, m very much more expensne than by water. The want of good rivers, bays, and sandy beaches in the South will always compel the Southern settler to cart in some way or other to the nearest port by land. In the North, the rivers, and even small streams are for small crafts sufficiently deep to bo navigable ; the bays and beaches are also capable of use, as small craft? may in very many places be beached and at low tide loaded. These modes of carnage are, ns every one knows, very much cheaper than railway can iage, with tinfurther benefit that the craft can if necessary discharge into any largei vcbsel, saving several minor ehaigei. These items point to a saung in the year of a coiiiulciahlc sum, and what is saved upon the c\poit of the faun, is also saved upon what is imported on to it. Befoio leaving this s>ub|ect, I would just mention another fact which it is impoitaut that the intending settlor should not lose sight of, vi/,., that the Xoith, not haxintr been developed .is yet to any qieat extent, and hercountiy population small, it stands to icason that land will steadily rise in value, wheieas, if anything, land in the South has fallen in \alue. Another great fen tut c as far as the North is concerned is, that her future railway system, running as it will chiefly through the eentieof the Island, will prove of great advantage, as this gives it an opportunity of having manybianeh lines, and also biings her livcis in notice and use With these few lemarka, I will conclude, trusting I have not occupied too much of your valuable space.

" Who is the ino&fc finished orator ?" askea a conespondont, Well, Demosthenes has been finished about as long as any of them. Ti n Pouxi)3 Saviid.— Mr Holmes, hurning along- tho io.id to catch a ti.un, hulod fuiiior Jonos, who pa.s-.es hi in wiili .1 gig-, iiud asks him to give hum lift. F.uiner Jones ie idily consents, and for a time all goes on well. Bat thu hoi .so is f 1 i-ky, .md after shjing at se\eral objects in the road.it .it last sett, of! at a g-.illop, which look* rather like runiiinjr aw iy. Mr Holmesi*. noi vous and dt-hcite, and does not eire about hoiics imdei a'iy ciuuniH'diiocs. "I siy, Joues" he viy., .it last, "Id give ten pounds to ho out of this!" Hold vcr tonjruc, m.vi," replied Jono<. " Yo'll be out fo' 1 nothing in less than a niinut')," a prediction which pioved true. A ViJiVX.v man who has <il.vaj\s been unlucky iv fia.inei.il matters, at 1 v-t hit upon a scheme whereby he " l.iibed the Hind." Being ill, ho Hont for a lawyer and dictated a will iv which ho bequeathed vabt bums uf money to lcl.Uives and chanties. The lawyer spie id the tidings, and those of his acquaintances who had neglected to pay court to tho dying millionaire were <?ieat'y eh i','rmed But the miliiouriiro lecoveied, .md then it was that foitune-huuters begged him to invest their money, urged him to accept loans, and give him a ciedit second to none in the city. At first ho coyly refused those llifcteiing testimonials, but he was gndu.illy for.cd to relent, <ird, having lived in clover foi a considerable time, he has just failed for an enormous burn. That s What 11b Wantlu. — A man who had been purchasing a lioiae and cutter was yesterday speeding the animal and down L'ark-btreet, wlien a policeman said to him. "That's lour times you have b:cn racing up anddown." "Yea, just four." "And you want to quit or you'll get into trouble." "How?" "I'll complain of you." " What for?" "Fast driving." "At what late will you swear that I was diiving?" "At least eight miles an houi." "Will you, honest Injun? Will you say at least eiylit !" I will, and the recorder will fine you tlnee dollais," "Biy," said the man as he pulled out a $5 bill and extended it, " take this and do me a favour. Make oomp'aint tint I was diiving at least eight miles an hour, and have me fined for it. I bought this old beast for a foui mile an hour horse, and if it gets around among the boys that he can step ■it the rate of eight I can sell him for §25 in cash and a second-hand overcoat ! Go and enter complaint to-day, so that it will be mentioned in the morning papers, and don't forget to s.iy uight miles an hour — ci^ht miles on your solemn aftidavy. — Del) lot Five iVm. Mkkkso'icaum Pu'ks. — The heavy duties which the United States \va\g recently imposed upon niipuited meerschaum pipes have had a \cry m.uked effect upon the business done in them at Vienna, which has be/en for a quaiter of a century the piincipal seat of this industiy. The disti n:t w here the miuci al genci ally known as "foam of the sea ' — which consists of hydiosilicate of magnesia with a ceitain adnuxtuie of hygioseopic water —most abounds is that of Kski-Scheir, in Asia Miuor. The legion aiound this little town forms an oblong \ alley, which is propably the bed of some diied up lake, for the sea foam, mived with rough gravel, if. deposited nil round against the locks and the led eaith. The strata formed upon the rock have an aveiage slope of 45 degree, and a layer of " seafoam" is often found between two beds of loose stone. It is often found forming a co iting round large stones. In its natural state it is moist, and before being expoitedit has to be cleaicd of the eta then crust which covers it, and then diied, polibhed, and refined. Two months are required for twelve workmen to | refine a hundred cases, the value of which varies very much. A case bought at Kski-Sclicir was woith as much as &ix pounds English last year, while the shavings, which are used for making •'sham" mescrchaum, can be had for a fifth of the price. There are ten qualities, which can all be had in various dimensions, each case containing so many blocks. Since the year 1855 the- exports have increased very much, from 3,000 cases in that year to 8,300 in 1873 and to 11,000 in 1881. The purchases aie effected at Constantinople, by some fifteen Austrian, Bulgarian, and Greek houses, and nearly all of them are made for the Vienna market. Since such heavy duties have been placed upon meerschaum goods in the United States several Austrian turners have gone over to New York and have set up in trade there upon their own account, or are managing manufactories for American mearchants. Eats and Mice.— lf you wish to dcs troy them get a packet of Hllt.'s Magic Vkrbiin Xii r I'R in packets, Cd, od, and Is, to be obtained of all storekeepers, or .from /^. B. Hill by enclosing an extra stamp. ' ' Lifk in the Bush— Then and Now.— It is generally supposed that in the bush we have to put up with many discomforts and privations in the shape of food Formerly it was so, but now, thanks to T. B. Hill, who has himself dwelt in the bush, if food does consist chiefly of tinned incite his Colonial Sauce (jivesfto them a m.ost delectable flavour,* making -them' as well ,is the plainest fooa most enjoyable, and instead of hard biscuits and indigestible d;imper his Istpkovbi) Qolo.vi ai. Baking, Powdkr makes the very best' bread, scones, cakes, and pastry far superior and moro wholesome than yeast or leaJCefi. fSqld. by |ll«H)rtfk|eiftrlf"wH'o Can oh- ' tftia iiirflro'aii/raercliifiiWiwAucUaria, '