AORANCI NOTES.
Mr. D.' Herlihy, of the Aorangi Government- settlement," has on view in- 'Messrs. Barraud.'and Abraham's stores at Feilding a ; very.- large . Up-to-date potato, - which :, is-..a splendid typo of its variety. ;The crop; from which it was obtained is! an exceptionally.heavy one; and speaks volumes for thp.fer-tilit-y of Aorarigi soil. ' ; Only a few. of the original Aorangi settlers now remain; there, the others having .mads small fortunes during the'past eight years and ; sold' out at a good : profit.;'"The writer-had . occasion- to visit- the settlement shortly after;it was first cut up, and bcfoift it .ias,ro;idcd. A settlor then declared , it. to be j'the best ; land in New Zealand. ' Since. ,thsn;. many practical tests have proved'that his assertion was not unfounded. The other day .the same , sottler met our Manawatu represoutativ.?, alia is still of the same opinion. Instead: of his ; land being worth £20 per acre,'he ; would iiofc now be content; to'• sell under - £50. :
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 156, 26 March 1908, Page 2
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155AORANCI NOTES. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 156, 26 March 1908, Page 2
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