How Good Land Tells
There is an . old saying that "good • land can. hardly be over-rent ad ." It might be suppiimented by another to the effect, that "bad" land is nevei< cheap.'* One never fatts to be struck with the force of this saying when passing from one end ot the cour.try to. tho other and contrasting the miseu \_\s herbage carried by some of the farms on the plains with the deep, rich verdure produced by the fine old postures which constitute such a striking featuro of our best grazing districts. On land of the former type tho animals never seem capable of deriving from tho herbage enough nourishment to put on anything like good condition whereas the flock on tho deep olcl pastureß already referred to are almost always not only in the very best* bloom but gaining weight with such rapidity that in many cases two or threo lots of them can be fattened off in the season, while ono set cannot be got into more than store condition on poor pastures elSfewhere.
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Southland Times, Issue 18059, 31 January 1903, Page 2 (Supplement)
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176How Good Land Tells Southland Times, Issue 18059, 31 January 1903, Page 2 (Supplement)
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