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T. Hassell advertises for persons willing to lease land on the 

 share system of cropping. The land he refers to is at Kendenup. 

 The terms upon which this land is available on the share system 

 are obtainable on application to Mr. J. F. T. Hassell, Albany. 

 Frosts are prevalent in the south from May to October, those 

 months being the approximate dates of the earliest and latest frosts. 

 Around Albany, Denmark, Torbay and Mount Barker, the districts 

 are adapted for close settlement, namely, for ten and 2o-acre men. 

 Poultry is not largely kept in this part of the colony ; bees not at 

 all. From my observation the chief requisites for a new 7 settler are 

 the possession of not less than 100 for the taking up of 100 

 acres, a single and double furrow plough, two horses, dray 

 and harness. A reaper and binder he can hire for the 

 first year. The lessons of local experience in the clearing 

 and treatment of the land are: (i.) That although a total 

 clearing by grubbing is the best, it is too expensive for the small 

 man. (2.) It is better to grub the smaller trees and ringbark the big 

 ones. (3.) My impression in Victoria was, and many Victorians 

 bear me out in this, that the land is enriched by the timber being 

 ringbarked for two years before being grubbed. It seems to give 

 back to the soil some quality which it does not seem to have if the 

 trees are grubbed and cleared right off. Besides being cheaper to 

 wait till the trees are dead and dry, it is quicker to plough between 

 them while they are dying, and a new man can consequently get 

 more land under crop during the first few years after he goes upon 

 his holding. The best results have been obtained from the use of 

 bone dust ; it is superior to any other fertiliser. Liberal manuring 

 is certainly profitable from the outset. The suggestions I would 

 make for the guidance -of new settlers are : (r.) They should get 

 all the information they can from the Government land agents, who 

 will be able to advise them where to select land. Probably by so 

 doing they will not be disappointed. On reaching a district where 

 they intend to look for land they should hunt up a Government 

 surveyor, if there is one in the neighborhood, who will be able to 

 fully advise them. Having secured their land, if the season is early, 

 they will do well to grub the small trees only and ringbark the larger 

 ones, putting in as much crop' as possible the same year. (2.) Then 

 the land should be fenced in while the seed is in the ground, if it is 

 getting late in the sowing season, in order to save time. There will 

 then be something coming in to keep I lie pot boiling. A larger area 

 can then be got ready for cropping next year. Do not miss sowing 

 for a year by trying to get too much ready for the plough all at once. 

 (3.) The land should be well ploughed, not simply scratched over 

 as is too often done, with the result of failure. I know of a man 

 near Ettakup who ploughs his land well and harrows it properly; 

 he never tails to get a good crop. (4.) The selector should also 

 select a suitable site for a tank for the conservation of water. A 

 good tank is seldom found wanting in a bad season." 



