GERALDINE.

Press, Volume LXV, Issue 13342, 6 February 1909, Page 6

GERALDINE.

HARVEST PROSPECTS

The IJisfc few days in the GeraMme district bavo l>eeai perfect for harvertins. The work of reaping and UiuoishinS i>noeeods apaoc, and Borne oscetiloTit c.i-opa of wlieat and oats have boon cut. If wo .aixj favoured with four weeks more fino wxafhor (writes our correspondoint), this karvest must constitute a, record hoth frar quantity and qunJity. In a driv« along the Pleasant Valley road on Tiniißday nf tcrntwn, and round the Hilton township, some rwrna-rkably fine paddooke of w.hoat were lioticed. a j»reat many etookod ituid othc?ra ico dy for tho reaper. Mr A. Tcomey and Mr I). Lewis have, some very he.ivy crops, wlhich ouglit to out well. It v.'iil bo a few days vet boforo. aaiy of the returns from "the thresJiing mills aro in, nnd it will \>e iu-tereetine to coanpaire them with those of previous years. It is reported, that th<? drca-ded port, has made it* appearance ia Beautiful Valley, and several farms had to cut their crops half green, to escape destruction. Jlany years ago they bo-c-a-me a regular plague in the sntmo locality, and treaichos hud to bo dug and kopt fiUed with water to stay their onward march. AU root crops are looking weM, e.'i.ppoially rrnpe. Several be>'iutiful paddoclie of oliovor were noticed in the district, w.hioh ought to yioicl n hatulsomo profit to thoir owners. Feed in -f>;e.ne.ra,l is very plentiful, but is co rank that stock will not fatton eatisfactor.ily. are not doing neai-]y so well as in previous years.