TO Nov., 1909.] 



Leongaiha Labour Colonx 



T3 



F'arm Manager's Report. 



During the year the old horse- 

 paddock (5 acres) was grubbed, 

 and all wood therefrom cut up for 

 firewood; afterwards it wasplanted 

 with potatoes. Portion of the 

 flat in the old pig-paddock was 

 cleared and the stumps charred 

 out. All timber lying on the 

 ground in No. 9 paddock is being 

 cut up for firewood. Ferns have 

 been cut three times during the 

 year and used as bedding for 

 horses and pigs. All fences and 

 gates have been repaired, and 

 new gates made; 15 chains of 

 new fencing have been erected, 

 and 30 chains of old have been 

 shifted. 



The old pigstyes have been 

 removed and a new piggery 

 erected. The building is 120 

 feet by 30 feet wide, exclusive of 

 exercise yards (5 feet) running 

 the full length of both sides of the 

 building. The site, filled to a 

 level within a brick casing, is 

 floored with brick, grouted in. 

 Down the centre, between the 

 rows of pens, runs tlie tram 

 track for the conveyance of food 

 from the feed house at the top 

 end. The pens on each side have 

 been constructed to a uniform 

 size, viz., 10 feet x 12 feet, and 

 each opens out into its own exer- 

 cise yard of feet x 1 2 feet. In 

 the sleeping space, a movable 

 false floor of battens has been 

 introduced, raised 2 inches 

 above the floor proper, which 

 has a slope of six inches to 

 the rear by 4 inches to the 

 further side, so that cleansing- 

 operations by means of a hose is 

 a matter of greatest ease, as the 

 water is laid on throughout. 



