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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 291, 28 August 1918, Page 8

Farmers all over the King Country are still complaining of the Juird winter they have come through, and its bad effect on stock, Btatcs the Auckland "Star." The bad weather lias reduced the condition of stock, and it is a bad time to sell them, as their value is reduced. While fat stock are retaining their value, there are not many about. In another month if the season becomes favourable tilings will bo a lot brighter, but in tho meantime it is a very hard timo for farmers, especially those who have taken up land recently, for there is no growth of grass, and winter feed is done. Milking cows are coming in, but they seem to go oft' after calving, and many have died, which is a serious loss, as some of the coirs are valued at £20 and over. Tho same complaint is heard everywhere that the season has been a very trying and hard one, and for months there has only been a very few days when there ha<3 been any growth at all. With sunny days and moist \veather the spirits of the depressed farmers will soon return to normal again. >