BUSH FIRES.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 102, 23 January 1908, Page 2

BUSH FIRES.

SOME WAYS' IN 'AVHIGH-THEY DO GOOD;S ■ ••There. seemß to bo-aii-opmion'farites'our: ■: Wairarapa rorrespoiidpntK t|iat .bush^ftees always spdl]i disaster and- ruini to the 'SCttlerd ■' ■ / o\or whose lands they travelMi This is not-so; 1 Ihe advent of the bush fires i Usually- means much pi ivation . and frequent ..loss to . farmers' and their families,..but ,tho.couflagraiionßTaro not an unmi\ed eu]. Thpi,sutlers Jmve ,$0 clear then Jand, so that it may be worked at a , gfcater-profit, . and [; tho . quickest' andi. cheapest method is by fire Even ID rnost lire-stricken districts, such as JjetjVCofi'Waione and JPongfiroa.,. and at Kaiparoro one will. :■ ■ come act oss farmerq "loggmg-up" with ft tiv !® - s °i asr.to'.maHo- the i mtisfc-" ot thei opportunity , IA &ood burn means muoh to; the pockets of. ithe ■ settlors ;-i-'Anbfch<sf-' : pomt in favour of'the fires is that the/ &>•' str oy everything/ 1 %eeds and grass, S; &W in 1 ' many instances, whero there are more foods' than anything elsfc}- there-, can'be no-vfcwo to- • bonetifr-will j-eccrue!' J Ail Ivketahuna i.fariner was ■-heard to'vutite'i this .week that/his.farni'was l so ' caton'/up • : mthweedathat only a fire could sivo'lt. Ho dia not care, ! ho said, if his" I)Uildufes ' went, so long as the weeds were killed The hre camer as ho wishedy swept»:liis~pi , of>erty clean without burning any dwellings 'or" outbuildings, and he was satisfied.. Ai)d there are, other .at prespnt nrtch I®®?, inconvenience are being :§xpericnoe<ii'> :i The profit will/come to> the''farfiieifs tie^ft season, with increased stocking riapacitjC