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Contact information of embassies in New Zealand. Different types of travel insurance. Travel information. New Zealand is made up of cities in 15 regions. The region Wellington has cities. Levin is number 6 in the region Wellington. The drainage flows into a tank a sufficient distance away, and, peat not being available, saw-dust is used as an absorbent, and the manure thus formed is removed and used on the farm.

The dairy, or milk-house, is excellently designed. The ground on which it stands is cemented. The building stands on piles about 60 inches high, the floor is formed of levelled battens, with the narrow edge downward, and the sides are louvered. Thus a free current of air through the dairy is secured, and with the hose every speck can be washed through the floor, and from the cemented area into a drain.

The milk is carried up an easy incline into the dairy, and the bottom of the dray in which it is taken to the creamery is on a level with the floor of the house.

The appliances for washing the pails, cans, etc. The yards for the grazing cattle are a little distance away. They are well adapted for dealing with bush cattle, and include a crush of new design, by which a beast can be bailed up by the bail being acted upon by a cord pulled from behind the beast, and the sides of the crush can then be opened to permit of any part of the animal being closely examined.

This crush and the dairy buildings were designed by Mr. Forbes Burn, the working overseer of the farm, and they form a model for settlers who are engaged in dairy farming or stock grazing.

The dairy buildings were built of the timber which was used for the temporary dwellings erected when a large number of men were employed on the farm. A calf-house is close to the cowsheds, and pig-yards and sties, with slaughter-house, are situated in a convenient yet isolated position.

Four cottages have been lately built fronting the main road through the farm. They are of a better description than those built at the start of the farm, having four rooms each, and being well finished. Each cottage has a quarter of an acre of ground allotted, so that the residents can grow all their own vegetables, keep poultry, etc. The school occupies a central position amongst the buildings. It consists of one room 30 x 24 x 16 feet, and is lined throughout, well ventilated, has windows on both sides, and, taking it altogether, is one of the nicest little schoolrooms in the district.

The average attendance is about page forty-five, and the children are the picture of health and cleanliness. Cole, the master, is beloved by his scholars. A portion of ground is being set aside for the purpose of teaching the boys practical agriculture. A small building is also to be used for the purpose of training the boys in various handicrafts, which, no doubt, will be useful to them in after life.

The live stock on the farm comprises about head of milch cows, a similar number of cattle fattening for market, and a constantly varying number of pigs. The dairy stock are of mixed breeds, mostly shorthorn with a dash of Ayrshire, Jersey, or Holstein blood, also a few pure bred Ayrshires from the herd of Mr.

John Cowan, Palmerston South. A pure Hostein bull has lately been bought. Most of the cattle are fair milkers, some of them very good, and the Babcock tester is being used with a view to culling out those whole yield is unsatisfactory. The heifer calves of the best milkers are reared, and it is anticipated that twenty to twenty-five good milkers will thus be added to the herd annually.

The grazing cattle are bought in as stores, and, having abundance of grass all the year round, fatten very quickly and command good prices. About fat bullocks can be turned off yearly. The pigs include some pure bred Yorkshires and Berkshires, and a miscellaneous lot bought in as stores or bred on the farm.

Most of the pigs are killed as porkers for Wellington buyers, and command the highest market price. The pig-rearing branch will be considerably extended as clearing progresses.

It is also intended to go in for poultry rearing on a large scale for the market, a start having been made with some pure Minorcas and Langshans.

The thirty acres on the frontage are being cropped mainly with oats and roots for consumption on the farm. As the bush land is cleared and goes into crop the stock-carrying capacity of the farm will be greatly increased by the cultivation of fodder crops, and hay and ensilage will be preserved for winter use.

The soil should grow heavy crops of all fodder plants. Fruit-growing will probably form an important part of the operations of the farm. The trees already planted are making excellent progress, and their first fruits should be seen in the market this season. Apples, pears, peaches, plums, cherries, grape-vines, currants, and strawberries, of several varieties, have been planted. The orchard work is mostly done by the old or weakly men, who have cottages at the orchard, where also is a storeroom.

Vegetables are at present grown between the rows of trees. Last season the potato crop averaged thirteen tons per acre. Onions also did well.

Experiments are also being made in growing sugar beet, broom corn, etc. The objects for which the State Farm was established have already been briefly stated at the beginning of this article, but it wants a personal visit to thoroughly understand the work that has been done, is being done, and is in contemplation; and also to see the class of men employed. Here we see the old colonist of from sixty to eighty years of age, who has given the best of his life to pioneer work.

If the State Farm had no existence, these men would have to be kept by charitable aid and thus be a dead loss to the country.

If it were only for providing employment for this class alone, the State Farm would amply justify its existence. Then there are other men who have been brought up to indoor work, who, finding it difficult to find employment at their own business or profession, are reduced to taking work of any kind that they can get.

They find, however, that from their previous training they are page unfitted for this class of work; these are sent to the farm, paid according to their ability, and in a few months time, if physically capable, they are able to go out into the open market and command the current wage. Many of the men who are now doing well in other parts, when first they went to the farm were totally ignorant of using a pick, shovel, or axe.

Some of these have been successful in land ballots, and have now got sections of land and bid fair to become successful settlers. These men, too, would most likely have been hanging round the streets of our cities if the State Farm had no existence, doing no good to themselves and a loss to the country. The milking on the farm is done by contract, so much per gallon being paid to the women who undertake the work.

The contract system has been found to be the best, as it is a matter of self-interest to the milkers to see that every cow yields the whole of her milk. Each-worker on going to work at the farm has to sign that he is willing to abide by the rules and regulations, a printed copy of which is furnished to him. Drunkenness and insubordination are punished by instant dismissal The manager has the right at all reasonable times to enter any of the cottages on the farm to see that sanitary laws are being obeyed.

The residents elect from among themselves, with the manager as chairman, committee to manage the affairs of the school, and carry out socials, lectures, etc. The spiritual welfare of the residents is attended to by regular services in the schoolroom by clergymen of the Anglican, Presbyterian, Wesleyan, and Catholic Churches; also the Salvation Army.

The control of the farm is vested in the Department of Labour, of which Mr.