LAND DEVELOPMENT

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LX, Issue 11045, 20 February 1933, Page 2

LAND DEVELOPMENT

J BLOCK AT OHINEPANEA. ■ Considerable development work proceeding on the block of 2100 acres at Ohinepanea owned by Messrs Duncan and Co. This land was acquired: two years ago from Mr Don- ’>> aid Grant and the property is now carrying about five hundred dairy cows. There are five herds and the aim of the owners is to ultimately Increase the number to a thousand, Mr J. R. Corrigan—whose son, Mr Ip A. Corrigan, is one of the owners of the estate —who has been farming in Taranaki for forty years, says the land at Ohinepanea responds read- ■ i.ly to treatment. He says the new-ly-sown grass has rich feeding qualities, as is proved by the excellent ' butter-fat returns, which compare V'i more than favourably with the returns from the old established pastures of Taranaki. Mr Corrigan gives it as his ion that when normal times return the Bay of Plenty should come to the front as one of the leading farm- y. Ing areas in the Dominion. H n is a strong advocate for the railway and '■ says that eventually it must become a material factor in transporting stock and produce to market, and la bringing fertilizers at a very reasonable rate. The railway was put inprimarily to encourage development and open up the country. If the by- V roade were improved and metalled ' Mr Corrigan thought the land that was now lying Idle between Waihl and Taneatua would be capable of carrying at least another thousand-:' , ■■■ farmers.