'AN ENCOURAGING EXAMPLE.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXIX, Issue 7814, 5 June 1909, Page 2

'AN ENCOURAGING EXAMPLE.

Mr Thomas Howell, of Balruddery, Oamaru, who has been spending a short visit with his .brother-;in-](.a^sJ,^^Jr W. H. Little, of Ashbvtrto^ informed one of our reporters^ m reply to, questions, that the the reeently-cut-iip Kauroo, esta.te had worked quite a transformation m the country since they had taken possessfoxu Fencing and building on. an extensive scale have been carried cnyfc, and a large acreage of land has either been sown, or is m readiness for the reception of wheat. He ( states that the soil is turning up splendidly. The average rental is 14s per acre, but the greater, part of \ks land is capable of producing a^ least 40 bushels of wheat per*aci& i% a favourable season. "In i&fty case?' said Mr Howell, "the §ottiera are entering upon their nevjf sphere of work with every conft(J»iice. v for the future, and with the comparatively lot? pric© of store sheep, the time is most opportune for the settlors; to cheaply, stock their farms.''' .'l'he,majori;ty of the settlers have erected; dwellings at a cost of from,£:lSok to £(m.. Thpre is,a plentiful supply- of autumnal feed, and neither- rap© nor turnip crops have been affected With' blight or other parasitic diseases, which have proved so disastrous to the 1 farmers m parts, of the Canterbury province. At |?a.uWoo rape crops are now finished,, huk 'there is still an abundant supply,' of turnips sufficient to proves, foir. all requirements during ■cis.e ) .w_i^twmontfeis. The fact of t^rej^ laxga esta,tes feaving been cut up, witliiii: a shopt distance of Oamaru has, air^a^y had a marked effect on,' tdwn.j arid Mr Ho^vfell has ev^y confidence. that the lands for settlement policy of the ' Govc^njmenb will be ' attended with a I degree of success. ' .