The pumiceous area at Tiroa and Mangapeehi is being tested on a practical farming basis by the Native Minister, with a view to Closer settlement. Two hundred acrc3 are now being topdressed, and stock experiments will be introduced at an early date. If these are successful there will be 50,000 acres available for settlement in this area alone.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LV, Issue 7294, 2 August 1930, Page 14
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