NELSON CROPS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1635, 31 December 1912, Page 8

NELSON CROPS.

HARVEST ALREADY COMMENCED... According to our travelling correspondent, harvesting lia's already commenced in the Nelson province. On the Waiiuea. Plains several farmers have their oats in sto'ok. A start lias also been madewith hay-making. On the whole the crop prospects in the district are not too good,: maiij- of. the oat crops being, far from satisfactory. Barley looks much better, and will probably'go to nn average crop, but rarely up to the standard oT' a few years a.go. Very little wheat has been sown this year. The farmers '.attribute their short crops to an unfavourable season, .too much rain at one time, followed by drying winds at another, causing a hard crust to form.On being .told they should have run the Tine, .harrows over, they .one' and all,_ or nearly so,''said it' would spoil tho crop, pull it out by tlio roots, and so on. 'Man;.' farmers hero have, not yet realised that their land requires manure. Year after year they have been exhausting the soil and putting nothing: back. Apples promise a fairly big yield, but.peaches and apricots will be scarce. Pears also promise fairly well, but all stono fruits will be poor. Tomatoes will furnish a big crop, as the plantations aro : all looking well. ! 1 .The.' Ne\v Year brings with it fresh hopes and possibilities, and whether they come to a successful''.issue or not depends' largely upon individuals themselves. . A dairy farmer who aims to make a.bigjje'rthing out of his bnsinpss in 1913 thaiV iii' 1912 will fail utterly if he simply trusts to luck and jogs along iii the same old way.- -On"'the' other hand, increased,.profits and a healthier bank account n'r'e assured at the end of the twelve months if he spends a few pounds early in the year on an up-to-date .'Milking 'Maoliine and . tin "Anderson" Oil Engine. The money saved by using an "Anderson" Engine will more than repay its cost Well within tho year. As these engines are. built entirely in New Zealand, tho money is circulated within the countryPrompt'attention .-is given to all orders.' Resolve to instal a Milking Machine itiul with.jit an "Anderson'" Oil Engine. • Andersons; . Ltd., Christclnirch —Adyt. • - '

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