Rich Tokirima Flats.

Taranaki Daily News, 24 November 1934, Page 24 (Supplement)

Rich Tokirima Flats.

A Taranaki dairy farmer who settled at Tokirima two years ago states that he is well satisfied with the change and has no desire to return to western Taranaki. The land he is dairying on, he says, is three or four times cheaper, and his cows are doing very well, so that even at the present low advances, about 64-d to 7d per pound butterfat, he can “see daylight.” The flats respond very well to top-dressing. The climate is milder than in western Taranaki, there being no cold southerlies to contend with, and as a result the season starts earlier. He has no need to save very much hay, and a small area of swedes suffices. It is necessary also to carry a few sheep in order to cope with the ragwort.

Wheat Growing on Coast. Those farmers who have been growing wheat successfully during the past few years on the beach country at Rahotu, Pungarehu, Puniho and Okato have again sown considerable areas this season, '’in some cases they have, increased their areas. In one case it is stated a farmer has sown over 100 acres of wheat.