Considering- conditions all ' round, the farming community of North o-tag-o will doubtless be right in asserting- that for those depending- for a livinlg- on the land, this .year has been the most disastrous within the memory of those who can look the furthest 'back (reports the Labour Department's agent in Oamaru.) Until about ,a month ago, the one hope of the season, to the farmer, lay in the potato crop, which has now been more than half destroyed by the potato giuib .
The freezing- works at Timaru are very busy, and it is as much as they can do to deal witti the large number of animals that are arriving- to be slaughtered. The season is likely to exceed even that of last year, which wals a record (onie for that district
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Grey River Argus, 21 April 1911, Page 2
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