'♦NOT A VERY BAD DROUGHT" POSITION IN POVERTY BAY. "There is no doubt Hint this is not a very bad drought," stated Mr. W. Lys- .: Jiiir. of Gisljonie, lo ;i Gishonio "Times" . Topruscnlative on Saturday. "In fact, .. wo have, been suffering from a. scries of ' three or. four wet seasons, particularly . -. : in the north, with the result that the ■ stock has not fattened veil, the grass ■■' having been too wet and pappy. There- •■■ fore, so far as it has gone, the present ■■■ dry season lias- been beneficial rather ■ than otherwise. This year the feed is - drier, and there h rather less of it, but the, stock do belter on it; so that in the Poverty Bny district, which has had a slightly. lower rainfall than Hawkc's Hay, till! stock lms certainly come into* the freezing works in very much better condition.''' I think that the only people who reaUyjt suffer tlU'Oiighi 'this drought ■ ;ire the -dairy farmers. Cattle always i'rel the effects of ft drought first, and - there is no doubt that the dairy farmers have suffered * good deal through
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 209, 29 May 1919, Page 8
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180Page 8 Advertisements Column 1 Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 209, 29 May 1919, Page 8
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