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Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVII, Issue 4967, 28 April 1926, Page 3

Attention ic: drawn ,to an unreserved sale of a. number of thoroughbred horses at the Claudelands Showgrounds; Hamilton, .to-morrow.

Owing to the extreme dryness of the last few months; some districts on the Plains have been much, troubled with crickets, which ha,ve been present in thousands to the acre. Som© of the farms near the sea, coast, where the soil contains a, large proportion of salt and where the land had not' sufficiently' recovered' from the winter’s pugging for the pasture to clivcr the surface, have become very dry and cracked, and these cracks, have formed id'daj places, for crickets. Tn the. worst affected places the crickets have eaten all the'grass, leaving the paddock as. bare a,s a board. , When the grass is finished they'eat the. roots, or anything that may be ha.ndy, including the’r fellows. A waistcoat left on the ground has, been known to’ disappear, with the exception of the, buttons, within an hour. Newspapers thrown from service cars at settlers, gates have likewise disappeared. Ona settler in the Kopuhrahi district has already fed most of his 1 h t ay to his cattle. Supplies, to the dairy factory have been materially affected. “Hail Season of mist .and maladies.’ —Anon. . , ■ The approach of the cold days makes necessary the need for protection against chills and influenza. A bottle of Baxter’s Lung Preserver is your best health insurance against such chest, throat, and lung troubles. “Baxter’s” is rich, warming, penetrative, dependable. Also possesses tonic properties. Generous-sized bottle 2s 6d, family size 4s 6d. All chemists and stores.*