THE WANGANUI WHEAT AND OATS.
. AND PESTS. ~ '/. ■ | ,* (By-/Telegraph.—Press -Association.) • ! -Wanganiii, February 7; . . The. wheat , crops" in -this .district .have . '{beeii. affected by-the wet. weather in a ■' '>siihilar' way t'o the southern' crops, and [are'not- expected to'turn, out as weU .as . 'usual. Oats are reported-to be suffering jfjrom attacks of caterpillars.. Though' ibirds-.are;.-doing great slaughter among ' • ithe pests,/'they do not seem ablo to hold , . ;them.; entirely in. check. ' On the other y hand, tho weather has beeir extremely . ■ (favourable:, to the dairy industry, 'grass . ,«howing prolific growth. The weatlier is now. for .harvesting.-. . . Late ; entries for the Dar.flevirko A. '; and -P. Show have. increased • the total from 535 t0.600. . . ..
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 736, 8 February 1910, Page 8
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108THE WANGANUI WHEAT AND OATS. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 736, 8 February 1910, Page 8
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