THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS.
■■> With tho exception of a boisterous v*ind which blew fur a couple of hours yesterday afternoon, 5101 feet harvest weather prevailed in Ashburton, uuu good progress was made With cutting, stookiug. ;iud stacking. The Koihh Otago Times say_ :— The oat crops in this di.stri~t are no*. beiug improved by the present dry windy weather. The heads have a tendency to iip*u before they are filled, and the con*crjut.n_c of this will be that if we do not, havo •■*. shower of rain (which itself may dr. nonw damage) the oat crops will not bo aa good iv some parts of the district s-8 *■*_* expected. The dry weather, of coure-j. suUs the wheat crops. The late sown turnip crops arc also suffering from tha dryness, which brings the fly into existence.
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Press, Volume LIII, Issue 9322, 24 January 1896, Page 6
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