GENERAL FARM NEWS
: " 'A Paekakariki. farmer who appeared 'before the First Wellington Military 'Service Board-yesterday, stated, that ho ;knew of two instances in which school- ■ boys had refused farm' work at less than l<ls. per day - .'.'■.'-■ ■ In a reference to State farms, the Minister of when he was in Hamilton a few days ago that despite many difficulties, work was proceeding satisfactorily.' The chief obstacle was , .the scarcity of • experts. I / About one hundred-•officers had. gone to the 'front, and others '.would lie called up. It was practically impossible to get suitable men, either in-tlie -Do-minion-'or from outside, at present. ■ But, on the whole, tile work was'well maintained,.and the fanning community was well satisfied; ''"■.., ' Bluff has unearthed . a champion potato in this season of blight' and disease, states tho Bluff "Press." Mr. R. Finnefy left at,'that'office a sample ot his crop of"Up-to-Dates, which turned the scales at 21b., and-.was,similar fn size to. eight others under the same shaw, and the whole :crop ran- to an unusual size. The seed was chosen pro- ■ miscuously from a bag'-of eating potatoes ' bought in the auctjon rooms.
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 143, 6 March 1918, Page 8
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183GENERAL FARM NEWS Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 143, 6 March 1918, Page 8
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