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MARKET GARDENING.
A PROFITABLE INDUSTRY. BIG RETURNS AT OTAKI. A largo number of Chinamen—probably some eighty to one hundred in number—are engaged in market gardening at Otaki ,situated mid-way between Paimerston North and Wellington, practically the whole of their products being forwarded to Wellington, 47 miles by rail. Otaki soil and climate are unsurpassed anywhere in New Zealand, and the market gardening returns secured probably, constitute a record. The yields in many instances are simply wonderful, and the Chinese gardeners are reaping a rich harvest, despite high rents. As an instance of the wonderful fertility of the soil, a samll plot of less than 2 acres can be quoted. This land was broken up in autumn, and a crop of cauliflowers put in right away. Before the following Christmas the two Chinese gardeners working tiiis—they had another garden adjoining—had taken approximately £IOOO from the one crop of cauliflowers. Tho rental of the land varies from SB to £l4 per acre per annum, the average being about £,lO, At 'these rentals land owners prefer to let their land for gardening rather than indulge in dairying, and the Chinese for the greater part, do eexceedingly well. The oft-heard saying that the Chinese take evrything out of the ground and put nothing in is a fallacy. They know the value of manuring, and manure heavily, using principally blSod and bone mixtures. Of course they work long hours, their industry being proverbial, and an object lesson to many dthers who are content with grumbling at the "Heathen Chinee" taking away their livings. At this time of the year large quantities of vegetables are being sent |«£y from Otaki (to Wellington. Ac|3kg to the Otaki Mail, 80 tons ©f sii^[w es were despatched from mM? 'H railwa 5 r static;! to Wellinggiff May last week. The vegeffgralk^jjßnprised chiefly cauliflowers
Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 9, Issue 696, 3 January 1922, Page 4 paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=PWT19220103.2.10&cl=search&srpos=57&e=-------100-PWT-1----0chinese--&st=1
A PROFITABLE INDUSTRY. BIG RETURNS AT OTAKI. A largo number of Chinamen—probably some eighty to one hundred in number—are engaged in market gardening at Otaki ,situated mid-way between Paimerston North and Wellington, practically the whole of their products being forwarded to Wellington, 47 miles by rail. Otaki soil and climate are unsurpassed anywhere in New Zealand, and the market gardening returns secured probably, constitute a record. The yields in many instances are simply wonderful, and the Chinese gardeners are reaping a rich harvest, despite high rents. As an instance of the wonderful fertility of the soil, a samll plot of less than 2 acres can be quoted. This land was broken up in autumn, and a crop of cauliflowers put in right away. Before the following Christmas the two Chinese gardeners working tiiis—they had another garden adjoining—had taken approximately £IOOO from the one crop of cauliflowers. Tho rental of the land varies from SB to £l4 per acre per annum, the average being about £,lO, At 'these rentals land owners prefer to let their land for gardening rather than indulge in dairying, and the Chinese for the greater part, do eexceedingly well. The oft-heard saying that the Chinese take evrything out of the ground and put nothing in is a fallacy. They know the value of manuring, and manure heavily, using principally blSod and bone mixtures. Of course they work long hours, their industry being proverbial, and an object lesson to many dthers who are content with grumbling at the "Heathen Chinee" taking away their livings. At this time of the year large quantities of vegetables are being sent |«£y from Otaki (to Wellington. Ac|3kg to the Otaki Mail, 80 tons ©f sii^[w es were despatched from mM? 'H railwa 5 r static;! to Wellinggiff May last week. The vegeffgralk^jjßnprised chiefly cauliflowers
Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 9, Issue 696, 3 January 1922, Page 4 paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=PWT19220103.2.10&cl=search&srpos=57&e=-------100-PWT-1----0chinese--&st=1