THE FARMING OUTLOOK.
STILL. GOOD PASTURE. FLAX AI.'EAS LOOKING WELL. Tin' •'Star.'-'' Iravellinp correspondent write*:—■ "(■'rass on the billy country. although 'fairly abundant, is now drying off. Flat country still looks green. "The whole of (lie Thames Valley is still in pood pasture. Farmers arc stil! turning surplus feed into hay and ensilage. Stack building may still he seen. •'Many farmers are now pressing the hay into hale-. Thi- i< a preat improvemeiit. It takes les- storage space, saveiahour and is far handier and easier to cut out. "Very pood pinches of maize may lie seen on the Hauraki Plains, (piite e'ljiial to anything in the Hay of l'lentv. "Flax area- are al-o looking "well. It is considered by experts (hat the fibre industry will eclipse the dairying in some districts. A company i- heimj formed which will prow the flax and manufacture the fibre into eorda»e. When fully occupied this venture will give employment lo NOO men."
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Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 40, 16 February 1929, Page 10
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