GERALDINE.

Timaru Herald, Volume XL, Issue 2919, 31 January 1884, Page 6

GERALDINE.

'Che firmer*, on the plains bill ween the Oriri and Waihi riverß, those 'especially living near the Orari bridgo, have a nurtnin amount of crop m this year, and though lime would noi; permit of a visit to this part, from what could bn learned by inquiry, ami from the fuct of the land being of a nature that would benefit by the pant wot season, the crops are ve^y good. On the Baukapuka clo-wns a little cnippiug; has been done, ohielly m oats, which ore fast changing color. On the large (lit between the Wiihi river on the one side and the flae-hae-tu-moana on the other, from Geraldine to Winchei.ter the soil varies from o L ie extreme to another — that is, from a light dry Bhingle above to heavy swamp below. From this it will not be a hnrd matter to judge of tho. quality (if too orops after the past Reason, evon without an aotual inspection. Xhn Education reiervo on the bank of the Hae-bee-te-moana, near Garaldine, leased by Mrßurle, is mostly undor crop. The L oats town on the lighter parts ar» the most forward m the neighborhood, and a start has been tniiJn to harvest them. The wheat seen looked vury well, ar.d should average from towc-nty-five to thirty bushels to the acre. Mr A. Mao-ki-nrie has a splendid paddock of tuscan lit the junction of the Geraldine, Orari, and Pieassnt Valley roads. Between this point and Winchester, Messrs. Kelnmn, Shaw, and McShnno are the principal grsin-growers. A paddock of cats on either uido of the nsaiu ri>ad, belonging to the fovmur, is very gijod. In the swamp at the lowo'r end of the flat, Mr MoShanti's wheat; has, suffered fi-om tbe wet m the Bp'ring, but Dome outs on the driiir ground promise to turq out well.