THE HEMP INDUSTRY.
Referring to the above industry, the Post says:— Millers in the Manawatu are mainly engaged on contracts. The weather has been highly favourable so far to good production. At the same time the output of ilux from the important Manawatu swamps is dwindling, and this is due in large part to the ravages of the “yellow leaf disease.” The exports have been falling since 1010, when they amounted to 27,074 tons, until for 1920 they fell to 18,949 tons. This sear they will be less, the gradings for the 12 months ended 31st July last being 00,770 hales, as compared with 94,022 bales for the corresponding 12 months of 1919-1920. Some idea of the reduction of output in the Manawatu district may be gathered from the following approximate figures:
The above list is not claimed to be exhaustive, but it explains how the former flax lands of the Manawatu are fast being prepared for carrying dairy stock in future.
/ Former Estimated output. output. Tons. Tons. Tane 1000 200 Ashlea 500 200 Opui 800 — Whitanui 800 600 Tokomaru millers 1000 — Te Mukanui 600 200 4700 1200
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 2338, 6 October 1921, Page 2
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188THE HEMP INDUSTRY. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 2338, 6 October 1921, Page 2
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