JOTTINGS FOR FARMERS.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 12903, 7 September 1907, Page 11

JOTTINGS FOR FARMERS.

A great deal o< »in Iμ* Mfcthven during tb* Iμ** M>BI (writes oar oerre*pandojit)i' *»*Ai|||| ground has now ( »'tlw(wipjte wetting, it has not been the past two jeai*. The been fairly mild, without, and crop* are showing indioatiooi ■^ J epnng. Owing to the been a few death* lambs. «, * J ? ,l v'lP^ In the Mafaera district tW'TMIW wet weather has cauaed Jtfittu mortality amongst «ariy lambt^M,^*® An Ashburton authority -.iotiNMiK in aheep-deeling traiu*otl*oe< t v bM{Jt* opinion <eaye th» Amburton7*Mlkira« that the recent rains wonderful improvement in too «MW*» more especially as it liters't* s 'lair<*#;! medium crossbred breeding store hoggete. Ho considers that 4fM? ing the part few weW thtt*, {jtMM h of Bliocp have increased by ftt'~%WM% 3s to 4e Gd per head. Some ago a Jine of store hogget* era districts was landva in AaabtttyMf* at sliehtl; over 9e per huA, MAttifa few days ago this quitted at over 16s p«r particular rise had been noted at'-wy; 'iio Bales, as the increaasd with regard to feed had oaiued'aMMHl 'diverdity of opinion among TMidorrjtyi h prospoctjv© buyers regarduig anj case, the rapid growth. of s Tfilisl| during the pact wick *or an akoiied farmera to the fact are much understocked. Hμ vtmpUmM tiroly few available marfc*tabk-ie*i >M and the praepecttre Urg* feed make it imperative that :,mffomM should be drawn from sonroas miUkkkw, th© county. ,ir^V4^