THE SHEARING SEASON.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1614, 4 December 1912, Page 10

THE SHEARING SEASON.

SERIOUSLY- DELAYED. BY THE . : WEATHER. ,

Farmers in.all parts':'bf-the'country are . complaining of . the'.delay., in. the shearing, sheds through thewet'Sveiltliet. •In 'many cases'a. start; has been made,' .•but'a-break has '..been, caused, .by. ,tlie weather. Latest Wairarapa files stale ■<.. that-tTie. cold southerly which raged in' Mastorton at the latter end of last week '• .cessation of shearing. According to statements .made l>y farm- '• -,ers to. a representative, of. the "Age," the present' is . the worst .season , experienced for Over thirty.'.years, ' During tlie past Bix weeks; according to one farmer,, .there. .. . have only been about fifteen days ! on: ■ which shearing could be-carried on.) Another' farmer.' was ohly.'able'.tp 'shear on five days last, month.,.' At' ms\ny,vOt-ws, stations the'sheds...will not be' olear until . well'into January;' ..'At .BtMeepeth,.. one. of the 'largest sheds ; in the the "V shearing, is. not-more'.than;-.half_ through.. Whilst some of the!.smaller stations have cut out, only a day or two's work has '-been..done, at a great-many,; find bthei'3 have not eyenlmade.'.a start.'i./ The. positioji Bush.js said'to.'te eveiv \rorse than" in- the \Wairarapa.