•The settlers of some of the favourite valleys in the Ohura'are beginning to realise the value of small paddocks for' the keeping down of ragwort and other weeds. At"one' time large paddocks were, the order. 1 Cattle were allowed .to, wander over the whole section. Consequently the weeds came and ’That .is npw being changed, and the' carrying capacity of the ; country is'increasing.. Settlers no longer have ' the’ land hunger, realising'that .it is .better to farm a small place well.thttn a large ly- ; \ ; / .., ' ,
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXXIII, Issue 11877, 23 February 1933, Page 3
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83Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 Gisborne Times, Volume LXXIII, Issue 11877, 23 February 1933, Page 3
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