RAIN-MAKING EXPERIMENTS.
DESPERATE PLIGHT OF OAMARU FARMERS. 6) INCHES RAINFALL IN 12 MONTHS. Press Association. OAMARU, August 6. ■ Recently the Government offered a subsidy of pound for pound up to £l5O for ram-making experiments in die North Otago district, and at a veil-attended meeting of farmers today it was decided to accept that offer, and to proceed with the arrangenents.
During the past seven months only ■3.30 inches of rain has fallen here. The sum of £35 was collected in the room at the meeting. In 1891 experiments in rain-making were tried here, and the committee at the time spoke hopefully of the results.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2152, 7 August 1907, Page 2
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104RAIN-MAKING EXPERIMENTS. Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2152, 7 August 1907, Page 2
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