DRURY.
HARVESTING OPERATIONS. Harvest operations are just about completed in this district. Some excellent crops of oat"* and hay have been saved in perfect order. Our farmers have a bountiful supply of the latter as a stand-by for the winter months. All appreciate the great advautage in possessing a good stack of hay, and if a few acres of swedes can be provided as an adjunct so much the better. Dairy farmers now, as a rule, are alive to the fact that tu produce butter-fat the cow must be well fed during the off-season as well as when in milk.
The chaffer and hay press are already at work, and quantities of chaff and pressed hay are being shipped daily from the local station. THE POTATO CROP. A large quantity of potatoes have been grown this season—larger than usual. Unfortunately, the price is not encouraging. When we realise that numbers of acres of potatoes have been raised this season at a loss to the grower how forcibly we are reminded of the advantage our export trade is to us. Where would we be if we had no better market for our beef and butter than for potatoes?
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Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 3, Issue 167, 3 February 1914, Page 3
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197DRURY. Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 3, Issue 167, 3 February 1914, Page 3
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