TESTIMONIALS
IJUJSTT'S VvOLONISTS' U UID r '
AND /^YOLopyfCDIA OF USEFUL
KNO\V1,EDOTC~» BEING
x COMPENDIUM OF INFORMATION BY
PRACTICAL COLONISTS t'fON
FARMING, LIUU'I'IUULTUUE. AND ALh SUBJECTS OF INTEREST to BW ZEALAND SETTLERS.
Edited by Tuovson W. Leys.
The pubiishprhr.s much p'pn c nro in neknow* during receipt of the following testimonials am wi'll-t- nown agriciil'ur!i)i>ts an<l otl»ot i-actuai coloniste on the value uf tlio al»ov'« ork :--
1 he full.nvinjr letter i=* from N'T? .Taik^ - V»* \t.« S.CK III I-iilo l'.l|i:i!<iiti)l \S'1n n ,.'■ ,• >t •lie •ca 1 ant' vuc"< i^si ul suit Irrs ill ■lioAuoklaini ib r.v'l ln> o, ii-:uii i- of t£vuu\ Value. *'Si;>. — I h»\e iodKi'iI fn vi!! ! with -a cnnflt'iM U'dfi co of in! vt'Hllolli' 1 P'lhlioat'on of Rl.ri •> I'DlDMblo 1 ' rinw n:i i wn mnv M 1 ' jU .t lib far ox< -s fid mj « vpcotiitiOMH. fii\l > a a., j> t- f& \ i ho t my timlm/ tomeinfjf in f^ I'U-to:-- lioih intur stitlij ami in^iiic V(j ll is •( hook lhai «i" n't! h- in ever^ , Jtil iV InT.'-o in t ic u. ! io s' povtinn evnHil iof,"" iiiK is Hill of reliable inf"» - ina* .on, n 'I I linwiio lii «-t i til ion in sa\iin I ui it .tht i • i->i i up iiivhrn^ivu ai><> u *fn' Iof t New Zoalan . y>iloui-t overpu«i -shed."
From Gi ojcoe (3i.i:y, K.C *">,- 'V, •••* ir, I liavt* kupt i • constant n-»c /or upwards if WO ', O'.f S tf'O C p\ or H' 'KIT'S POIOVISTS' JUlDK AM' fiULOl'-UUIA OF Uf 1 KU IvNttV • Kl ««K Wiiltll JOU Wt,! 1 ' 1 JJOHiI t'UOU !l lo fc • I •w». I liav ' Ii-n'o 1 it ii in .)»;» %v .js n>. i'i i.i.-ii..t r a k'lj of n^ui'ul -^ulijt't' s> Jiiirt am satisfied I! »f> c is b\ far the best work' of the uind I ha\ e evef ci>ii, I fu' ' 1!. .if ilb merits and ii^efu.r.e-siti reitinu t<> it 1 pr<i(1i'ul ~ubjp ta ot> \v> i<:h U i'tItrsi-0 f'll in>l -uoc"-.s doucnd r :i. < :• it a ie< # os8ar* anp -nda^e to av<ii y home in New Z< aand.— Kailhdilly jours, G. GKKk. -*-KawaU« /anuar.v 7tli, ltisJ."
Mr John "Wallahc. of Roth well Park. Wain! n (formerly of Kli' Hu-h). who i* one of >ur ca ioni settled and has luen fo" many .•ear- < 'osi \v oo, :i> < tod with ewi \ i iFon to pro* note the a r ■ ultunl ii-tur sts of the Auckland lisinu, writes ub full<>ws: — "Dk\U Sm.-Tha-c much ploHsilreinaddin.; •nv n.i'c m warm < nuMiicudc'iioti of I'Kirrra 'oioxts.s' '.i ii'K. ]1 isabnok i)iat rIiouIi] l/«. iol o.th in c v or\ fui'incr'a liiiraiy, but *•' «.nltf ilbobcon ever colonist's book uomal > t n wh M Iin • of C" I'tiial inrhibtry he or she may jcpii-.i 'id ih V' 1 is information fora 1 In ookMiKbtiokoNer > tt'iodcf II scars' «if t* M'd colo* vial v.ork bow imii'h \a u tblo tinu and til mey nitrlu hii\ c s »vod if at the b'-i'imiiiigsiich a fu .d >f nib i. .Uion ha.1 !>• en ttVni!it»»!ptopii de us as it now u -thin the reach of al! hi thenra nf 1'rett's G'lido. ' o"> si«i, w]io desire *o litf .\orihj of i In* name, should not, from its ele* ai t t\\> Mdi cc 01 t! o quality o' th« material, mala* it a drawing - ro-'iu book, to be !o"l-ed .it ajid .*i> mired as One Would a jiiciure or a c ri i J thev bhould liRVd it en do i 1 iv tie'shclf. the 8df\ *>T thO corner f >lio la *i#- : in fyt. unywliere so that thceyo i' itlior, Mother .)> Jinny, and Jenny, and i veti tli hel'is mav ha\ea ehanoe of look* uiK at it (Uirinr spur" lmnu e? in the hiat "f -unimer cr ilu- incJen.eni,* of vnntrl*. Mi* !3rett as -.Jkiwm i>'ii« k m brintring out euch a book b ■> lei > cxi o« d.t i'l> for'uiiate ii> iba selection of his to> ti.' vtors, and I sincerely hopo it w ill i ro\ e a llnancial bUeceso."
Mr George TToi.rsiiir, Mannginj? Director bf, lhi« Auckland limhi-r Coimiany and a practical
color ibtol k>»n exix-rirnee. writes: — "-ir, — T have lo< k v d over yo\\t Si 'trhli a 1 GrUiuts ai d cuMHilei it on« of the nmst u« ful and v;i 11 'hi • Ik ok^ for the New Zuti ami set! lor ev< r puMi^i -d The information is bO varied, and \hv. »d\ice so jivictu-ai. A single parauirapi* vvili ofie»i be found worth more HiaU the cos. Of Uie buok.
Mr T. W. Hickpon. Kstate Agent, AUck' land, has conirin\i»cd the fohosving:— "Iliavi iiiiith jilcMbiii'o in sating Vn\t h-ivintf carefullx oxuinin< d mt" I'uktt'b Cihomsw (tI'ide 1 have no hoitdtion in 8a.\invrleonsi(let? •tgood \'u\uc for ii c 1-i'n.i 1 {(Bk< i d fnf it. ill' faot» worth ten a'«d twenty iimc3 the moniij- U) ilniost unvon«» en^u^ai in rural industries
From a rukckohe S«'t.tlefr FukoKuhu. December 1, 1888
''Dear Sir, — I haw recently h<>t«n pr-M-nUvl by a frii ud of mi o. wuli acupycf jour valuable work, ill! • oi-Oi\iSi.->'Guii)b. It contains well written ati. l.-s mi nearly every sU ject of interest; t, > rlic sol tier, ixoopt rcli-ion, w-th which it d • • n >t in ilfllo. ' hose articles ii-tf cvidun 1' wnt I'll 1)> pi a tuMlmcii. <md » ontnin (.her '•u.l of much c\p. lienci; in a c inpai r and rcadub <• tor.n Thu- av<- hn\ o drMvpfi-nn of tliobrs hr-- ds >f 'i«> {,<••-. C'airlc fc?hc»«p, Poultry. i)tc, et- . t >v i ,ii }nrL<»l tlic wor.d; and tli m is also a woll nuul<! (liarost ot such laws t>f New/ Z aland ih a'-<« «f rt,i(>cin.l inten si to tlie or 'in.-.rjr setticr ; in u-.-d. tlie bo-k is a real VadtO'ei-um, jvnd bhi>uttl l>c m the t»»^o «i,>n of ovt-rj pettier K'l th ' ' <ol ""i- - Vouia 1-os.oectfully,' W. 11.
"Dear snt.— Having subscriber! for Wnn-'fa Colon ik'i^ 1 Gun 10, 1 bog to say that I «m very pleaded willi it. The amount r* p-.ictirnl iufor* mat ion contained in it i? invaluable ami 1 mmsider i« iho bet voa woith >et offered to tho New Zetland Public. No suttler o r biiMn<^« man should bo without It I think pnMio opinion will'f-ay tlmt you have confvrrcfl n *ioon on tho colony by your Hptritod effort. TlaMl- nvt you p< rsonally, and wMring the Miblioatv-n every success, I am, Sir, j;ours trulj, Ko^H Wooi>." »
Coirsur. Griffin writes as follows with reference to this work As a pontieman <:f cxten* s-ive lirpraryacqliiremwitu, aivl acquainted with the valuable library of prartical works for which wo »vo indfhtfd to the United States, his
opinion is noteworthy : - "The book iy the mo*t valuable work of the kind published in the Colonies. I have re.id every chapk r in it with attention and pleasure. The extent, Yiirlrty, nnd accuracv of its infor* mation are extraordinary It is what it claims fo be, a (^ rloi'«"lia of Universal Knowledge. The inpiuht tl.al it uivos intq^the tnf>sr approved methods of auricultu re the management of live stook. the dairy —in fact evoi'\'thin«r pen«ininj? to farm in if operations— oommend it, to « veryono interested in the pio*porit.j of theeoloi*r - The editor hu^ •Ithnlaytd most cxceUent ta^'e and judgment. All Irs ide«a are. eminently hro>td and prntaical. The arrangement of the subject matter is »dmirablo. I am t>lea ed with the an tries on vtnory, flux fruit, and hop culture. The abstract of the local Governm^nf and 'and laws of this colon v w Uia most pue.cinct an*'i iiUellipih e that b/»s eomo under my observation whilst t)»o 7>rintin|fi binding, auu kiuau-adoria oi the Work, *rt auperb." ' ■
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Te Aroha News, Volume III, Issue 106, 13 June 1885, Page 7
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