FARMING PROSPECTS —NORTH AND SOUTH.

Waikato Times, Volume XX, Issue 1703, 5 June 1883, Page 4

FARMING PROSPECTS —NOR TH A ND SO UTH.

J. O. writes on the above subject as follows :— ln my travels I constantly hear the Auckland province abused with regard to its capabilities as a producing country. It is said that the land in the South is better, and that there is more obtainable. A few remarks, I trust, will not be out of place from one who has had 18 yrars' experience in the South, and about five in the North. In the South, owing to the back country being free from natives, timber, and swamp, it has been the more easily occupied and brought into cultivation, but the cultivation was something after this nature. To get a crop of wheat, it was necessary to commence operations, say in November of one year, reaping the crop 14 or 15 months later. This on virgin land produces say from 20 to 50 bushels per acre. In the North (on land of which there are thousands of acres) I have seen wheat grown, the time occupied from first to last being only ten or even nine months, the yield being 39 bushels. The value of this land is about one-third that of the Southern land and of a better nature, inasmuch as a second crop of wheat (not oats) can be grown in the North, which, in the South, generally results in failure. In the North the farmer is not subjected to the fearfully hot winds which shake out quantities of whe.it, neither is he subjected to the bad effects of Lite frosts. Again, taking notice of the climate, the faimer in Auckland can, with care and attention to his grass lands, feed all the year round. In the South the frosts check the growth for a long time in winter, and often droughts act in the same way in summer. There is a much greater rainfall in summer in Auckland than in the South. Again with regard to what is said regarding the enormous block of land in the North called the Waikato district, it is said to be light. Possibly it is so at present, but if auch light land at, say, £5 oc £6 per acre will produce a crop or two of healthy wheat (not immense quantities of straw) is it not better, from a financial point of view, than to have land better to all appearance, costing £13 to £25 per acre, which cannot produce two crops of wheat in succession ? Light land can be made, year by year, better if necessary by feeding off, and be profitable meanwhile, and if crops are giown they arc not subject to get laid as on strong land. Again, on light land, the expanse of working is not bo groat, nor is bulky stiaW to be dealt with. If light land is good otherwise, that H to say, that it contains plenty of food for the plants requited to be giown, then such laud, although hg'it, is the best to possess in oveiy v»ay. Such I bclicx c to bo the character of the Waikato district and a large portion of the North, requiring only fair cultivation to become richer year by year. Much more might be added, but I shall leave it for a future occasion. — Weekly New,.

Twins are just too two Picai/nne. Tub chivalrous in in will never do a mean act to a nmlo behind his back. It isn't. safe. The pntent chicken incubators have , thrown hens ont of u yieat deal of ou-nest employment, Latin is a " dead langunge "—^e lially When an inexpeiiencrd drug clerk fools With it. Titß Rule of Three. -For the third person to clear out. CiilcKK.v salad often re« veals yester* clay's dinned We don't know how nil partnerships nro built, but its good, stout bindings \\ hieli makes a bmk Hi m.~-<Y. Y. Xt u •>. A :.rAN in Connecticut has Miorccde lin Making apcifi'ctaitiiiui.il egg. Wo would like to sec the woman who can beat if.— TiO i ell Cm r.ti . " Why, wh.it i* thorn ittcr with Fia-ik ? He is generous to a f.iulr." " Yes,' 1 said Fogy, "if tlio fault h ippens to be his own. I '— 7>Ww 'l)nn\, A WAKMi.n wave following in the wave of .1 " l)li//.iid eaiiMsa Minneapolis P'ipt'i to eve l,n in "'(.hank goodncis the upp.-t half ot tin tlioiiiioiiu tei ib turning into use atl.ist, ' A Haktkikd aiclntect s>ajs " the best fir; escape is a cool head. ' We'd like to .see that aiehiteit letting himself down from a sixth stoiy window on .v cool hea I. •' A T\srh foi astionomy,"' says the New Yoik Coiiinir ici'd si/ha ft\n , "is spiinging up among your people of both sexes." It always doe-> as soon as the cca c ou penults sitting om the back poich in the moonlight. — 7W I.jptc^. AhicKpets'iu in Massachusetts tiied the prater vue and died of the consequent excitement and exhaustion He must have taken an overdose. One cannot be too careful with such powerful remc dies. — ZW Evjn m. " How far is it to Ma lunik ?"' asked a weaiy Irij'niian. who was there afo>'. "Sa\cn mi es,' wai the reply. " Wliom do jo wish to see there 1 ' 1 "Faith it's in\helt 1 d loik to &a theio !;>! ;> Wai the re to 1 1 Di:aco\ ])im. i i> teiiih!\ down on theaties, and wil ik\oi h< ai of hij daughter Maiy t cttm<,' foot ins de of one ; but upon the -ippe nances of ,i noted actor upon tin- boanls icoeiith, the temptation w.n too stiong, eoupkd as it vaa by ,\n nniiitiui limn hu Mning man. and M.us .nionliiijly wimiL Xc\t moi mug .it l<n akl.ist, (he deacon said. "ilarj, you weic out last mglit Wlioie you?" And Maiy (juiekly ttii'jH'eiod, " (Jli u ley and I weio out stargazing, ]ia. "' — Jl'i-'/un Ti aiiMiipt. "Ah ' I in <. iridcst ulicn I sin;;." Slit' s m^ in pi untne kc\ , And a\\ tlu iuii;liboi>. \i lit il — "bo an 1 wo ' .So .no we '" CoRKhM'OMjUN'i.s of the New York ■*)«» aie discussing the question "Can a man marry on $10 a week ?" He cannot, if the girl is awaieofthe amount of his income.--/i > 'W, J'usl Espiesi.. Some obsuixant genius he calculated that in the United States theic is one cow to every four people. It is believed that the same latio exists in fashionable society, there being a calf to every young man. " What becomes of our bodies ?'' asks a soft-eyed scientist, and we answer in stentoiian tones that they get inside of a red flannel undei shirt as the maple turns to crimson and sassafras to gold. The man who ti.ed to explain away his chicken-stealing experiences by saying that he was a member of the humane society, and felt it his duty to thin out the ovetcrowded hen-coops for the sake of giving them better ventilation, has his board paid for ninety days by an appreciative community. Nobody's talants need go to seed in this country. St. Louts Jloi i/c/. " No, Sir," 'aid fie Indiana wife, j "my hush ind c'on't take no interests in my welfate wha'ever. He hasn't licked the cubseduessout of me for two years." The subset ibcr who asked what are I the best books — for young men, in infoimed that io-ket-books— w ell filled — are generally considered the most desirable. An e\traordi ary case of fecundity on the part of a maie, owned by Mv James Strutheis, oceuned in that town (says the St. Ainaud Mercury, Victoria) on a recent Sunday. While in the stable on the day named, the animal gave piematnre bitth to no es than tlnec foals, all 2)erfectly forn c 1 ami distinct from each other. The oci vi ance of twin foals is we believe, not uncommon, but the freak of nature above alluded to is, to say the least, phenomei al. You will do well to furnish your house from Garhtk and Cianwcll's They have now the most complete Furnishing "Warehouse in Auckland, furniture to suit ail classes, good strong, and cheap. Thc\ hnvo Tapestry Carpets irom 2b 3d per y.ird, Bius-.els from 3s lid .per yard, Linoleum from 3s Od to ss, Oil Cloths from Is Gd to 4s Gd per yard, good 12 feet wide Oil Cloths at 3s (id per yard. Immense assortment of Iron Bedsteads from Infants' Cots to 5 feet wide half-tester Bedsteads. Double iron HodlEtcads from 255. 480 Hedstends in stock to select from. Beddings nf all kii:ds and sizes kept j*n rcadinois. Dining, Sitting, D-awing-room Furniture, and -and a large assortment of Manchester and Furnishing Goods, including a lob of Cretonnes. Hook Catalogues sent 'free to intrnding pu>t.hai>ers. Gaili-k and Cranwel), City Wall-Arcade, Queen-ftreet, Auckland;