EVERGREEN TARANAKI.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 986, 29 November 1910, Page 8

EVERGREEN TARANAKI.

•iwHAT: THE PROVINCE. OWES. TO . /-"-/' /EGMONT." ■■<■■, '. •■ •' "The' dairying province;is '"Veil," said'a Taranaki■' farmer.. to a •■'.'Dominion- representative.'-"From .what I. Z'v have seen of our own-province and heard . .of other'provinces, I thiuk w.e have fared .' very well so far this season. We, have a ' well-watered country, and partly on that . account have. not. been nearly so seriously .-- troubled by: the recent dry spell as farmers'in other parts However, -that .is nothing extraordinary; .Taranaki. '."has"'resisted heavy droughts surprisingly/'.: .>■•'■:.•;.:•;"'•■•''■ : ',-.•.-' ■"■: yft"•.'■ Pfbcccjiihg in'his remarks:, about/ the: V-■': : proviuce,"'the.-farmer said that although -'matters bad improved: in recent years : :-?th<!re-was- still too little Cultivating done. V'Be'expressed ah 'opinion that, there would ''. -/..beinofo'wihter'.feed grown next year than. Iv ; t ever'.!before.'; The; tendency has.been to 'i'i "ihcreasoi in that.'uireclioh'every, year of ;'• ;lateV '■That teii'dency/will;.still .'endure, ; ii:'and;v besides,"-tieVeZaire','farmers who re- ':■-.., ■ cei.vedra.- lesson/ this"; season 'through': baek- . .-• war'dness'of their .jrrass^and'very few of y.'vthehi';' .henceforth to provide ■•;:.' I fo'rthe"c.ver-psSsiblo rainy-day. ■■■ . making;.6f : .ensilago is. becoming •/■.mbjeVcommbk;. every (year, and as one :-.;..;idrives,talongV'the...roads in the/.season il'Vln'ahy.st'ackcrs/canbo^s'een.at.work. . '■/•'• ". "We. grow .very, little, grain, and I don't .;Vthink: : w6 % will ■.ever-go; in .for/it very, ; 'vimuchbmdre; are doing,now; not ' -?ilfor^'som6-■years, janyhow.'. ,We can,' grow ; /'^gtcat the land. is .well ■ ; /:-Buited;;f6r. grain raising—that is,' the .':' la'iiaZ asta"' : 'vl"ole.' ; ''' 1/have -seen ; very fair ;.v crops/of 'cereals..-; The .':best_l ever saw in. ■.V'Taranaki.: was'grown'at. Pihama, out on ://;'/; ,' ':,;. , ■-■';'' ■Tho.Vnian /of- the soil' talked on until '//-ihe^tnenflbiieil^Mount.'Egmpnt. . "Tou ■ ..'Jchbiv," hosnid,."l-.don't think a hun-v-'dredth naftof the.-population;, of Tara-'-*■>.niakiv.reaUsb what. Taranaki owes to Eg- '.' -.'mont. .;I 'haven't the. slightest smattering /-'•o'f .'science; but I.lknow'th'at we owe our ''/■.stream's".and ;much~of: •.our; • rainfall r . to • Egniont. /What.: would'' Taranaki /-. iber. without: the rainfall .; it. ■ Look at th'e. streams \rc have! No :•'."-.place, in.New Zealand is so .well watered! : Aid all those/streams como from Eg-. ■•."; inon't:.;: .:■ ".:/ .'•■.'-''.'•■ ;' ..:'. ■••-.■■.■■ '■'; ;'.--• "I was loolring at oat:'crops down .this,; ,: way;.and noticed ,thafc : -some we're affected' ,'.. by rust'.'.' We have, the 'same trouble ' in •'..Taranaki;: but I have -been given to. uiiv, "..'! ders'tand'that we. are .less bothered; with :-. it-thau'Weral'districts ; j where /greater; /■: caro is:hestowed; on:tho'crops;; Algerians /, iave. been sown in large proportions this //.season, and,' in 'order,, tp'itry;. to- avoid ~' /rust, Australian seed was used in-a'good /,.. many instances." .: ■ ~.-:::;''.•,.