NEWS AND NOTES.
(From Our Travelling Reporter),
KAKAIA
Annual Race Meeting
'Arraii. c.',eineiitr:;-,..;irc now well hi hand for the holding of the- annual Racing Club ■ mooting in "December, iuicl it ife li anticipated that tlit club will bo able to offer the so.me stages as last year,. l viz., £125. ! A meiSt-ing is-' to be held at an early date to arrange for improvements to th? track. Lambing.
' The landing season has been fi&vourablo to sheep breeders,' .and/- with plenty of feed available^ both ewes and la.Tiibsv.are in•.■'ex^o-Uon.fcCondition. The pereonisijrc throughout; has been good. iMr J. R lioyte," Doric, reports 120 per cent Anothvi hirme-i ftlat^l that ho had obtained 1(58 per cent., but o" being further* questioned admitted that i he had not culled out ho dry ewes boiovo makins; >ii^ «.aictil iLiou. Sowing Feed Crops. A tonsiderabl* ;'io,i is now beinu prepared in thd district loi sowing lape anl turnip crops. Wover.il farmoi"s rxintemplate sowing turnips ne\i week. Potatoes. It is quito probaßlc lllar Uh 1 arc.x sown in potatoes will be considerably larger than last-year.. At the present, time several farmers.in tho district are] cultivating in. proparvnidn for the main crop.
(From Our Own Correspondents.)
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXVI, Issue 3573, 6 October 1916, Page 7
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198NEWS AND NOTES. Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXVI, Issue 3573, 6 October 1916, Page 7
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