FARMING PROSPECTS.
A HOPEEUL OUTLOOK,
(BY TELEGBAPII. —PRESS ASSOCIATION.)
.iIsvEBCARGiLii, this day, Since the Now Year the weather has teen ; exceptionally fine, and the harvest pros- : pects good. This, with the probability of i a great outside demand at high rates, jis making the farmers jubilant. ,$> very large area is now j)in (crop, principally oats, and the settlement to have received a fresh impetus. tThe turnip crop is exceedingly good so that ' the outlook for stock is of the best. Large blocks of land are being secured for the ■ fiax industry which is likely to assiime considerable dimensions, as flax is;* in abundance. Many people now beliove that tin mining will speedily be in full swing at Stewart Island, and this, with the development of gold-mining in various quarters, is causing business people to take a hopelj.il -view of the situation. "Already a general improvement in trade 13 noted, ij
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Auckland Star, Volume XX, Issue 57, 8 March 1889, Page 4
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