PROPOSED GAME FARM.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 97, 9 May 1901, Page 4

PROPOSED GAME FARM.

The Evening Post says :—An importaat development ii acclimaim'im and g-ime-ramng wjrk is projected by the Wellington Ace'i o»'ii*tion Society, which propose to establish a gann f urn. The Society h»a withia thirtythree miles of Wellington a reserve excellently fitt;d for the purpose—soo acres of bosh land, 70 acres cf which have bean felled aad graßsed; end there are a'ready on the ton 1 several pens aad a Eta -1' cottage The fort'uor building w, uld pro' aVy not cott the sici'-y iiore than £SO, anl the p-iac'pil burden would be not the fiiß l co-t, but the upkeep which would inc'nda a yearly ealary of £125 or £l5O for a competent gamekaeptr. To me it this raainte lance C3Bt, the society propes ?b that the other societies if the North Ithnd, end other societies if thiy so detuv, shall ooperate, each contributing to the annual cost, and sharing p-o rata in the birds leiwd. The contribution (yatem bas worked saii f ic v .ori ! y to fir ■s trout-hatching ii coDcetnel, and other sock ties have been asktd if th y will join in the co-operative gamr fart», and if so white ntiibubion tht-y will make- A sub-committee h«s btei tet up to make e quire' and report. Fheisatit-rsniug woall probab'y be the first work undertaken, but other game would be raised as opportunity offered, and is m limit to the usefulneis of such an institution fir acclimatisation and stocking purposes.