BREAKING IN LAND.
Sir. —-An article under ■ the heading " Breaking in Laud " in your i.ssuo of 21st inst." will arrest the attention of many " landed " readeis. The conversion from virgin country,to-pasture of the 130 acres at a total cost of £3 18s 10(1. per acre, including subdivision into cighu sheep-proof paddocks, is indeed a "staking example." so striking in fact that many other " practical farmers " will bo unable, to swallow it unless supplied with. :i little more detail, such as cost of seed and manure (landed on property) ami cost of fencing at tier acre. Very little* fencing may have been necessary owind perhaps to natural subdivisions anca boundaries. To those who are develop! ing less favoured districts, too steep fort the tractor and too stiff for other than the plough more information on details of cost would give a better? basis for comparison with those places whore the cost of breaking in is double and treble the figure quoted by Mr< Clinton. ' Interested.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20598, 24 June 1930, Page 12
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