EAST COAST.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10075, 24 August 1910, Page 5

EAST COAST.

Lambing throughout is general, and from present results a good lambing is anticipated. In different parts quite . a number of ewes are found with the bearing down (protrusion of the vagina), and a lot of ewes are found with dead'lambs (unborn). The' fanners have an idea that the wet season has a lot to do with both coin plaints. They say tliat it is more noticeable during a wet season. ■• • " I notice that slieepfarmers, espec- | ially 011 this Coast, are most careful with their sheepskins. After each killing the skins are spread out on a wire netting stretcher, on poles, and kept well stretched until thoroughly dry, and then carefully packed away. Skins so treated bring a much higher, price than those done on the wire fence, briar bush, etc., and when the difference is Jd to a penny a lb, it behoves the sheepfarmer to go to •the small expense of erecting a stretcher. The land is being cleared of scrub, etc., and land being ploughed for turnips, rape, etc., is in excess of any previous year. The wet weather has been a drawback, but recently plough, harrows, etc., have been at work. Rabbits arc being worried in places where seen. The high price for skins has a lot to do it, but a farmer of some knowledge, and a man who keeps his rabbits well under, assures me that the recent changes in inspectors has a lot to do with the energetic work carried out since last summer. The country generally is looking wen, and there is plenty of grass in all parts. The spring here is fully two months ahead of Masterton.