MOUMAHAKI STATE FARM.
MINISTERIAL VISIT AND DELIGHTFUL SUPRISE.
FAT CATTLE A PICTURE
AYRSHIRE HERD DECLARED TO BE THE BBS* 7N AUSTK.aSasIA
(From Our Travelling Reporter). Moumahaki St}«e Farm, under the management of Mr T. W. Lonsdale, ■» one of the best and most educational institutions along the' coast, so far as farmers are concerned, particularly those who appreciite intensive farming and the results attending same I here are always visitors to the farm the latest being the Hon. W. D 8 Mac Donald, Minister for Agriculture' who was accompanied by Messrs Anstey, falbot, and lorbes, M.P.'s. /JjhV members of the party are all practical farmers, and after having been shovvu all over the place, they each paid M* Lonsdale the highest compliment regarding the management. They spokp in glowing terms cj: the operations >n progress. The ptsturos and lucerne were an eye-opener to them. , The fat cattle grazing on lucerne are a picture to see, and the party expressed the opinion that the Momahaki Ayrshire herd is, without doubt, the finest m Australasia.
Ryeland sheep and Berkshire pi^s we-ro greatly admired; in fact. th°y spenk for themselves with regard iquality, and tie larty departed highly pleased. It must bo understood thai, all the visitors ire first-class practical farmers and breeders of live stock, and their enconiums f.-ust be very gratifying indeed, not tr.ly to the manager Air Lonsdale, and his staff, but also to the West Coast, which is the possessor ot such a highly-prized agricultural institution. x-he difficulties Mr Lonsdale has had to encounter owing to changing staff—so many members having gone from the pastures of Moumahaki to the fields of France —havo been enormous; yet, as a result of his resourcefulness and managing capabiiitins, Mr Lonsdnle has been able to keen the flag flying from the highest peak of successful development and productveiiess.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LX, Issue 17124, 27 October 1917, Page 4
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304MOUMAHAKI STATE FARM. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LX, Issue 17124, 27 October 1917, Page 4
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