SHEEP AND CROPS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 753, 28 February 1910, Page 8

SHEEP AND CROPS.

£;.^y;:/;•;;;-WEST-coast.-notes./-.'.' - : $)'*s : >ras,y:at;a/Wanganui'.sale the '.'other ?y£yf. -;- (w>', e ?..-, our/.:/ travelling . -correspond ?'v^ ent U-? rll " l - tl ?! e Pripe of slieep'.and' lambs' /lip/jvith' course there

|/ ; great "jubilation. • "Gla'd I did not last Monday," said-one

§v;S:^!?-^'J'hro u Bht.then( .'into, .the/sale; and. : |ijM;/have;got ; another;shilling." Another said;W*Z !?A'.^V°.'" : Just:.'l6st : a; shilling a.; head 1 - on' ® : fei s^?f?: S' e ' .'The/Jjuyer/came'but;. on 'l?v/V!£ Monday,: and; fixed up '^the-line',' but'they/ /£•s;,; don't 'go,any till/ tomorrow."'/ No dojibt MSIK-^ 'upwrd turn:,was oh account of.the #£■'■.:■'■; continued-rise in .the, wool market'and the

£%' : '/^fld e tful;season.: ;;As/ a/,rule,/ by,/ this : v:fV'?i'/;^ m . e :i'. would,have 7 been 'a,case;of-reduc-.K.:;;":-ttg - stock 'as ''.quickly,; as' possible, feed '-W;- >hnvo" gone =--dlf,. ana water would ii'W-i'.-■■'• be scarce,' but this season'-there' is 1 plenty %?.'s;:of;both. ; 1 do .not: think;that : there has-fviW.-been more, than'a couple of .weeks without -;"-,';:v; rain, all Vthe summer, aiid in .consequence' : ; ?/; : * A.>he; grass-has/had ;a good. freshening • up?';SVWever y^ DO K- a u<l; then:: -Some- farmers say' it /is' not, a; desirable .thing! to have %?&& had-so much, grass at ..this-time of the k?.'/S? year.;iv'lt;has .not .-had the ;rest during' a-k;:-i'r:- f"/y';.spoll .which/it,usually gets,' and ?■f/;i^!• , ychortag© of'.wiuter'erassj as they anticipate' £;iS£ift':dry-autumn. 'However, looking back over [fri,'-;; good it is; quite exceptional;g.',''::;not:.to:; get -the weather -,-at the #R':.;, P ro P e r time, for:. autumn '.'growth." It has i/:./'/"been; a-;g'o6d':;season'; dairy folk, and; they; have .beeiii only;,too'glad,.,to : see : '#jv ! :;«the;;'occasioiial "showers',.'.though; of'/cbnrse' '£(;::■/:£ the flow.,of .milk must.naturally.' ease off, ;;/"■; ;/:;,tspecially.'.when ;onq.;considorS: that, most: $.<> i'; '■:■ Jf: the cows' .have ! been"' iti'.iriilk> for some fyt,&VVfi iOr';sk iinohths'; : '- ; ;;l A"'•'.': V- : - >.]'•.'■

0 ;• ///.After/the-sale r is over'.at "Wangahufthe &.£'%&s*s. ■ meeting-placoj is; the .four,. ■='corners. jf'*; : ;K.whero Bidgway /Street/crosses.: the /A'v--' you;waht/.to. meet a ;man, nine '$}!'■ ;°r times;out of,ten you/will find hinv sometgM!v;riwhere.v:iiear '/tiered; -I ; mct:: ; two:vEaiigi- ; . Kj : /the/ Vw-'/harvest;, wasturning..out.'/ "One of :thcm p/fcr flives;: on'; Cliff i Line', said, \ 'TVe' shall X«V:~-haye./to .xeduce/.obi- crop estimates- very ;^r;^moch,:and'l.;think:iViTvillibe a full third rfe.S' IpweHthari it premised' to'beieome'ive'eks' ; Turhinßvt!6 : -the -other man;- who' ?jjj?;;;residesvnbtvfe 1 from■*"the- ; Junction, .• I j6'-. ; .v: .'lßs.opinion'.was' ?s^-'{-? that:ih/many; cases,oven'a/third* was too'. ri?/:/:S;lpw.7/It/wbuld/be .in' ; *a. great: many, cases ;^;:yionly:a;half-crop.;;!};/.,/-.-i':-...,V.V-" ; -"i'-. u V ;; .; •£s■ -^* s kowrherc':;is. WifcV-pt'i things., .v We; have .been .expecting ,betftS/i'/teriretufnis, this (season, but;-as.all form-; : at.' any' tM' : :- : where 'die-is '.till Sj;:i:.yihejmoney—if there'is v any—is paid into : -asked gy.Uthes&jtwq:-farmers;'about; tjiis-.ppinfcw'as ■j?K '' because r.had';sren,most of,the crops frbirifJSjgtWanjsJehu ;;tol'3laiwelltbw'n,;/and:.'OU'.-'.-all ;sirifi;;vJides',.l;.had'fheard:;-nothing; , l but' .com-. tif'-'::. J ;P.laints:;abputithe:'poor.'prospectsl';r thinks that' :'thcre"v has "been' ; such ;; -a' }W:'S; ; 'tHng;"as a dl'ean'-wheat'.paddo'ck.'free froni;i;.?fe?iTust, l ;,iri-.the v district.- / ! All: I-saw rbr; heard S£Bv^of^were''mpre<sbr:;less^nffeote'di Kkk'sfarmer; hasVa; clean /crop' he.' is' fortunate many" a -' pad-j«j|!;«d6ck^(sb;-theyttold2me):^bbked;;Sple'ndid,; fef'v-an'd'/promi'sed " '.a--gb6d> l yieldj:-,v,but;.>'was -cutting?when''■ ripoiV'-Grops /havei gdife-fifty. ;■ to-Csixty; »f*fi !fo n '4.* ■'more : ;than v}i;,y : , ■!/. of<- twenty-five 1 ; at ~ the '.outside,'-.0115,.'m0re, ..be /unsuitable,'; for "/milling.' ; 'One told -me. that.he j^'rMhad{never,'h'aUia':nicer.;.lQbkirig crop;-,'Be- 1 j'RSi,^^ iK?kS-rtnttilig'it;:ahd.he;did hot.;think'it/n-duld' S'!w : a!nd;|-? ; worse '/still, Mt" S*^;;;;.wonld»hardly-,be ; fit i ofor/foivl.;feed; -'-', '; ,; £Ss>V'? h "^ is^°^pubt;that; rust has done'a S/v ? ii : ;ilpt/pKharra- ; to /wheat, ell.jiip 'the-coast,. ■$$ IS'.'-'i'ind 1 'it .wilU.be-'a, serious: matter., -for/'those." ;;Jc : ¥ivwnp;-pnt -in wheat.'A/Tho for iiiipi'; tt • BP<><| at Vgood ''prieesVwhiclr e "'/ In dulged/.in: last/seasbn-'have'/van-;.;iJ;;:;vished,;.as'; far■ as -this part s bfc the ■'. country < .farmer at'Kailwi-h'ad .of;/wheat. 'J-It-«.",;i-y,-had;-;lpokcdv,w;cll::beforey,ChristmasV&',but to;cutVit|!was.not 'worth'the pS,t ■ '.he ":intbnded- r fb'.'-biii r n< 'it/off"' oats arc'in'many Ji?;y.,/cases./short Yarid ! /poorr : and besides that' Site-- tha.'.catcrpillnrs, have' done:■•' a \ deal" 'of %X<i\ Flaces^andv;always ''make for; the nearest fit^-ootscrbp^'v/r^rr^y-Vr;,::;:::-- 1 --'^/:^;- ; :i•: