The weather has again been very changeable througnout the Jlanawaiu— told, bleak, winds prevailing during Die day, .with rain at night, and this is detnmonUlly allotting the growUi of feed, with the result Hint tlioro is practically no demand for store cattle or sheep, liven young heifers, for which there was a strong demand a tow, weeks ago. nro now only saleable at considerably mluecd prices. -Most of tho maiz.o crops have rotted iu -tho ground, "I'd will havo to be reoovii. A run round tho district shows that soiuo portions havo suffered considerably moro thun othovs through the uniiroeedentedly wet weather, and uiany of the heavier lands aro very rough now thnt tlicy have dried up, as tliey wero perfect quagmires through the tramping of the cattlo while they were soft, potatoes on the drier .lands give prounso of some very ftno yields, but in a number of cases tho blight has nia(io its appea ranoo, and this must considerably minimise tho output, (ind also interfere with the quality of tho tubere.
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Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 60, 4 December 1920, Page 10
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173Page 10 Advertisements Column 5 Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 60, 4 December 1920, Page 10
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