ID Nov., 1909.] 



Leoiigatha Labour Colony. 



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The silage was exhibited 

 at the local Agricultural 

 Show, and was awarded 

 first prize. 



The potatoes turned out 

 well ; Brown's River in 

 good ground yielded o tons 

 to the acre, Snow-flake and 

 White Elephant, grown for 

 pig feed, were put in late 

 in January, and are return- 

 ing 3 tons to the acre. 

 Mangolds did very well ; 

 lucerne, sown for experi- 

 ment, is doing fairly. 

 Ample provision is being- 

 made for plenty of feed for 

 the coming year. 



Most of the cocksfoot 

 grass on the farm pastures 

 was eaten out last year by 

 the Take-all grub ; a large 

 portion was resown with 

 cocksfoot, rye, trefoil, and 

 clover. With the exception 

 of the trefoil, all the seed 

 came up well, and the pas- 

 ture is in fair order. The 

 Take-all grub has done a 

 little damage this year. 

 An endeavour will be made 

 during the coming year to 

 get flats drained, and this 

 will greatly improve them. 



Cattle. — The cattle are 

 in splendid order. The 

 average number of cows 

 milked for the year was 

 51, the retuni.s for cream 

 alone being £479 9s. od. 

 On account of shortage of 

 feed last winter half the 

 cows were out grazing on 

 the plains at a cost 

 of £35 and returned in 

 low condition. The amount 

 of butter fat was 10,18G 

 lbs. as against 9,275^? lbs. 

 last year. Although the 

 prices were good the ruling- 

 rates were lower than in 

 the previous years. 



