The usual lisherman sat on the usual bank of the usual stream when th? usual traveller approached him. "How are thev biting?" asked the 'traveller sociably. "Not at all." sighed the fisherman. "As a matter of fact there isni a single fish in the whole stream.". "Then why are you fishing here?" "Because it pays me. Look at the) money I save on bait!" j
■•lnformation at present to hand in- •. dieates that this year's sowing ol wheat >• is 280 000 acres, but 1 would not bo surprised to see a total sowing of JOO.OOO acres for the whole season, said Mr R. McPherson, director ol the Wheat Committee in Christchurch. Mi McUJjerson said that 230.000 acres at i. an average yield would give nearly , sufficient wheal for a years requirements. Yields of wheat in New Zealand varied so widely that to ensure Ma large enough production an area of ,'(00.000 acres was required.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 27 July 1940, Page 6
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