TARANAKI.
The Weather and Chops. —The long drought is now affecting vegetation to a great extent, and all the grasses in the various districts present a brown appearance. The grain crops generaly promise well, but are very limited, and the weather which suits them is likely to be fatal to the late planted planted potatoes, of which there is every probability of failure should the presont dry weather last. The natives here labor under the same impression regarding their all-important crops. Great fear of spreading conflagration also exists. Some bush clearings have been set light to, and the fire travels with wonderful rapidity, and should inculcate caution. It is true there are few dwellings left for it to injure, but the herbage, and fencing, and stock may suffer severely from the further spread of the fire. We are glad to say that a large amount of grass seed is ready out and in course of being saved.—Taranaki 2sews , January 22.
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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume II, Issue 90, 16 February 1863, Page 4
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160TARANAKI. Hawke's Bay Times, Volume II, Issue 90, 16 February 1863, Page 4
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