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Taihape Daily Times, Volume 8, Issue 5, 7 January 1916, Page 6

Visitors from the South, says the Wellington Post, speak enthusiastically of the contrast in the luxuriant herbage everywhere visible in the North Island to the parched landscape in the South. The long spells of dry weather have left their imprint in the Canterbury and Marlborough districts, whereas in all parts of the Wellington Province, and even further north, the plentiful rains have bought a growth of pasture that has not been equalled for some years. In many places in the Manaw'atu the cows are standing half hidden in tall grass .contentedly munching in the midst of plenty. Farmers say it is impossible to eat the feed down. As a. result all stock and sheep are in the best of condition. Store sheep are in demand,-and were the freights cheaper many thousands would be brought from the South Island, where at present there exists a very small demand.