SOUTHLAND POTATO CROPS.
SOME UTTER FAILURES. Blight has made ils appearance nmong ■Southland potato crop?, says the local "Times," sorac of the crops, being affected very badly. In many parts of tho province the crops have not turned out well; in fact, in many enses they have proved utter failures. A prominent .Wairio former, who cultivated some twenty acres in potatoes this season, anticipating a prolific yield, with- its added monetary return, now finds that things have not panned out as he-honed at the beginning, and he will hardly recoup himself for the initial expenses in planting the crop. In addition to the exceptionally wet season experienced, the hard frosts during late weeks have been responsible fov thecomplete burning up of the stalks. In the vicinity, of Otautau this is particularly cvident orer several acres of the tubers.
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1381, 6 March 1912, Page 8
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138SOUTHLAND POTATO CROPS. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1381, 6 March 1912, Page 8
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