THE CARRINGTON ESTATE.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 133, 28 February 1908, Page 2

THE CARRINGTON ESTATE.

;: GOOD FUTURE' PREDICTED! ■ ■i, .• ~ BUT HARD WORK. ■"<U ;Our Wairarapa. corrßspondent^''interviewed' a; well-known farm lands valuer with refer-, once .;-tp-. tho. acquisition of .'the Carringtoni Estate,' Carterton,-and asked if> in bis opinion ' the place .was dearly bought, and what' were' :its/futuro,-possibilitios.7r, ; -»/. ■:; It may: appear,; that,, the, price, paid, .an said tho valuer, "but thiii was owing more ,' t ? ~™ 16 -industry of 'tlieV'farm."populßtipa -,'n, "tho immediate, area than, to;anything,.-else.;' I mean .that.; the .dairy., farmers-and ! their ' families'': ill, the, Belvedere.' district work very, 'hard at the business:;. 4 They,arc working-'for. themselves,; and they are, hot inclined; tpcount UP their many stray, hours'.of labour.' when they receive thoir monthly siequcs."' Otherwise, they. would find that t-lio land is ■'not; nearly so reproductive as* • thby'-. fondly.' imagine. ' Still, it seems to be, tho rnlo,,and ■they- must be makhig v 'm6noy. .. A few,'.bad seasons like the oiici. 'now in progress' would - effect a'change,' because 'thpy, . do' not make their . farms.' self-reliant enough. V The ' estate, itself has, some'-very! good land, apart'froin tho area rotained by; the owner.''• Thcro is a very,-fine'-block of-BC!o'acres,' and' anotherof■ porliaps-1300 acres,''and the-balance 'is not' nearly -. so ;bad; as : some' people would 'have us iimagino:: No 'doubt there' aro stony parts, 1 dug it lias been found that thcscdreixs grow romarkably-' clear pastures. - Fires-Tiavo' swept: largo blocks, ..and 'this is likely,.to:be: to tho .benefit of-.both Goycniir.oni; and occuriiersj. because a laigo amount. pf,wecds and ' old, rotten timber ; imjist inevitably; have been clpared, 'and as -tlio "Government intends to sow:gras3 .largely, th<>. placo' should be at its, ■best- m ; the'season^ commencing " March' '1, ,1909; '■• •Tho.'. whole place■' should take from v twenty-five to thirty: families;' ''The"rainfall ; in that district is especially high; and I have"' no doubt that those who will .settle on tho land will, find 'it a'very good investment' for them. ■; .■ ' ' ... --■