GUARDING AGAINST DROUGHT.
fTo the Mitor.) Sir, — There is talk of another drought. My object in writing to you ie this: I have often, when in the towns in the summer months, watched the council water carts drawn by two horses water a street nearly a chain wide in one throw. I feel sure anyone milking or cropping on flat-land .vith a creek anywhere handy could give an area of five acres a day a good -soaking, perhaps more. What a boom it would l>e for young crops. Personally speaking, T would purchase one to-morrow and whistle at the dry weather, but my circumstances at present won't permit. Take a dairying district wi-th say six neighbours with an area of flat pasture each. They could purchase a watering cart between them and keep it going all the dry weather, taking it in turn. Wouldn't it be "worth a trial? A cart with careful usage should last for years. One could add manure to the water if required.-—I am, etc., OASIS. :
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Auckland Star, Volume LII, Issue 224, 20 September 1921, Page 3
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170GUARDING AGAINST DROUGHT. Auckland Star, Volume LII, Issue 224, 20 September 1921, Page 3
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