DRY SPELL BRINGS PROFIT TO FARMERS
HAURAKI PLAINS DISTRICT (From Our Own Correspondent) NGATEA. Friday. While the i»™‘ e Xns f from The prolonged" spell of dry weather and for stock is becoming so short as to vett- materially affect the Milk yield tn cause apprehension for the com;Te Winter Plains district S benefiting. Rain \vould be welconato freshen-'u ; p ■ the pastures, but there no shortage of feed and the hot weather is causing the ground to crack ,n a manner pleasing to farmers who :, re thus assured of good sub-soil drainage in the coming winter. Hot summers and line winters are the ideal seasons for this drained swamp. The shortage of feed in dis-trh-ts° is also proving of beneht to Hauraki farmers in creating * demand, hitherto not experienced J? thi ® , riot for pressed hay. One farmer advertised that he had hay for sate, and the response was such that he could almost dictate terms. veoently cropped land should never , while wet. otherwise the "textnre. which is very important, may 1)0 badly spoiled and cannot easily be remedied.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 258, 21 January 1928, Page 25
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178DRY SPELL BRINGS PROFIT TO FARMERS Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 258, 21 January 1928, Page 25
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