A SOUTHERNER'S WAY.
• CANNQT AFFORD TO GROW BUSHES. ? : Passing' through,,my v district v day; (writes' 1 ; watjr-corespondent) '• 'noticed: a ; .farmer engaged '..in chopping; 'out' pushes. ;:T. aske'd him', the- reason of this disV •play . f ;■ ; "I' cannot. . afford," 'ho replied, '" to' pay £35 pwvacre for land, and then grow-rushes bn.it." ; '... /'/ ■ •' "•'< ' ,;Tho property was,'liko'ta-great, many, more —thickly' studded.;' with- rushes! In, fact', ;thero : 'were'.mord •tjhanv'gras's.',:'i''Th(j' :;fa^m:.ha,d;.not,A'b'een.;stuinpea,'.arid■■hendo .tlieV u'so of /the -spad6:' . . The ; farmer.', eiqilaijied; 'that. hd ; Hailed. from 'the South Island, where' 'people - cbiild riot'afford^to allow/their 1 . land' .te go' to'Wasto. Adbpting' his pres'eiit system,' ;it would; cost him, ■ roughly",ab6iit , 255." per, acire 7 t6,. clear;, the.-rushes, and' in • the .-odd,ho' .considered-, bo. was". jf?11 paid. . In. land' that had beein : stumped, the process " couldix); carried'out -moreVcheaply' ;byCa ; . plough, a . dairyman;-. who; /did not" intend-' to stujnp; his land he\-considered i. the' ch'opping-out method-.the best." '■ ' • •'/ ..-
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 180, 25 April 1908, Page 3
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144A SOUTHERNER'S WAY. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 180, 25 April 1908, Page 3
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