WAIKATO FARMING.

Auckland Star, Volume XLI, Issue 88, 14 April 1910, Page 4

WAIKATO FARMING.

A CAXTEEBUBY _aiAS?S.: OPINION.

Mr. D. Jones, a. .-formers; president .of the Canterbury Union, and one of the leading: ineii.jnthe movement, recently settled in flic "Waikato. He is now on a> visit jto Canterbury, and in the course of an iniaerr view with a reporter of the Christ-; church "Press" has given-iris opinion of

fanning in the North. :...... . ■'• •Auckland especially the Waikato —has, without' doubt,;he declares, a great future before it from &j» agricultural point of view. lie mild ■winter, •the absence of cold winds, and ■the rich growth of grass make-it ideal country for. dairying.. The .export o* butter* from the port of Auckland is increasing rapidly year by year, and. there is a possibility "that the province, ere long, take the lead in. the Hairy industry. At present in the "Waikatp thje sheep are mostly coarse, .breeds* and, consequently, lower prices are realisea for Auckland mutton on thei market j but the fat lamb ,indjistry_ Tβ now being taken up in earnest, and with. the Down cros3 that is being- , raiseo, the quality of a large portion..-of ■.'.Sforti.. Island fat larnba will.be equals Jo..- that of Canterbury's fat lambs. 'MndPof the land tfiatjin the past, has been>looked upon as worthless, it is now , found call be profitably worked if judicious manux.j»« is dona -ff