What, with one drawback and another, the lot of many a man on the land in N.Z., for some time past, has hardly been happier than that of the Gilbertian policeman, and it is deplorable that in some instances the farmer has been forced to givo his farm best and retire from a struggle beyond his endurance. Especially trying has been the position of the agriculturist on the gum lands of the North. This soil won t grow anything the farmer is accustomed to grow. But it will produce remarkably tine tobacco leaf, and as the average yield of a tobacco crop on the Northern gum lands represents a cash value of £SO net, there can be no question as to profit. Large quantities of tobacco are already being grown, and the culture of the “weed” in certain parts of N.Z. promises to develop into a national industry. Several varieties of this tobacco are on the market, including “Riverhcad Gold” aromatic, “Navy Cut” (Bulldog) medium and “Cut Bing No. 10” (Bullshead) full. They are all in brisk do- * O Q maud.
Noted store for Bowling, Cricket footwear; all kinds from, including the famous in all sizes. At Carpenter footwear Store.* Tennis and to seled Fleet Fool & Evans'
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Wairarapa Daily Times, 16 March 1925, Page 5
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