OPIKI LOOKING WELL

Chronicle (Levin), 7 February 1947, Page 3

OPIKI LOOKING WELL

That the v^piki district has fully recovered from the serious spring flood is noticeable to any one passing through the district during the past few days. Farmers are taking advantage of the ideal weather conaitions to harvest their' hay crops. There seems to be more and heavier crops of hay than it was first thought possible to have, especially on the higher ^lt land of the Poplar and Tane Roads. In the lower peat land, with' all the unfavourable conditions experieneed during August, the crops of potatoes, onions, carrots, etc., are looking remarkably well, and although maturing later than usual there appears every chance of quite good yields. Visitors to the district cannot help remarking on the amount of w'hite clover in the pastures, some paddocks being just a mass of white bloom, a veritable harvest for the bees. Some cases have been reported where farmers have found cows dead in the paddock when mustering them for the morning milking, due, 110 doubt to the heavy dew settling on the clover overnight. Some good drafts of lambs have left the district for the Longburn Freezing Works during the past few weeks, Many farmers reporting better percentages ■ than ever before.