JOTTINGS FOR FARMERS.
Tha '•"*_'_ir_"-»pa Daily "Newts" r_<**>ntlr of s recor. _rop of 84 l»v__e_s to the acre -A South Wairafapa farmer wrote in reply, saying h» Had a more marvellous record .linn that', though not more profitable. __«» li .d a magnificent paddock of 20 aer.»_ of oats, and had the machine thre__ing there for 35 hours, during which time 460 busheJs had been bagged Judge tlie farmer's ai______-_t when, no looking into the bags, be found, instead of bright groin, lie had threshed, winnowed, and bagged 4GO bushels .->f fine fat catcrpiDar., and of oatthere was barely a grain visible. Truly ..record—hut, as tbe "News" remarks, the fanner must merely hare had « 'nightmare and wrote the thin sub stance of h_i dream.
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Press, Volume LXV, Issue 13332, 26 January 1909, Page 9
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