WINCHESTER

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

WINCHESTER

On t.ho Smitlifleld estate Itfr Aiken hnu sw tiro hundred", aores under wheat and oat?, seme of which is looking well and some iti rathor light. Close to the' railway 'station, on tbe fnrm of Mr J. Patorsnn, tvrt) binders vere at work m a very nico uven crop df barley, whilst m a paddook adjoining a crop of oats are m stook. A ptpoo of flret-clasa irbent-growing land extends from Winchester to Tenmka between the Waihi river and the j railway line, at the upper end of which, on the bank of the river, are tbe faitna of Messrs W. Bjdd and Q. Oliif. Tbe former has a very good but small paddock oi wheat, and the latter ha* three paJdocks of oats and one of wheat. Mr Cliff's farm m notid for its fertility, and this year the cropd are some of t.he be:t m the district and full]' maintain its reputation. In the oats, Canadian, a binder ■was busy at work. On either side of tbe main road, hetweim tin's farm and Tamuka, :ire several first-clr.es paddouw of red chaff wheat, whioh should turn out; a good way ibove the average.