SOUTH CANTERBURY.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 13877, 31 October 1910, Page 8

SOUTH CANTERBURY.

\ i«outh Canterbury corresp«nJ«nt writes:—Tho spring months, have b** unusually dry, and to corroborate tms •'hitherto bald and unconvincing tive" here are a few brief notes, two? of the smaller streams liar© <*»S*running, tho rest hold wry ,WWi : water, and most of them «e_wo«V, as at "the end of summer. The vm lasting winds and cold nights »»*»/ checked the grass, and sheep are ««* cf feed, which in many places »f ™*1. unobtainable Several -Jegrees ottro»o were registered in the country. totW««j Orari and the hills on Wednesday *«j Thurdov nights. Damage Vμ *»• to carl.v' garden crops, but « »J the fruit trees were in leaf, '"j escaped harm. Tho *'f'^™w r ha%o of necessity , been fed off <**£ than usual, and are not malong gg, progress. ' Much depends on tie-«£ val of rain within the next few Said the oldest inhabitant: * "** j telivgraft nailed on the post office. ««■ it mivs we be going to have Now* I be going home to cut ««« wood in case that comes true. « fortunately, the "tellygraft" *<* f*Jf this case come true, but we aro » hoping for the best, which ft**j : ■fame's point cf vi*u\ weans. aW*. two days or stoalr downpour. As an instance ot the ill ■ dry weather on the crops,..l oat field where ihe crop « « e1 .5""i S ' more than six inclies high, ° v «. alrcadv in «r. This is dent corrobomvion, and, ■?.* n J tB | B J g I have rnado tho best of ;:I P?; na j*g the moment of ™tmg <*c [JJJ* outlook is the revowe of Mtis'MWJ, Wheat ha-, hold out fr.iriv well given a thorou-h fonking the ret bo ~n to the a.vrage. J" o, *^. tho tiM of tho /i P r ? y in «« b •been rnado rnor,of a black fir which m«k'i» o;rcftt rnpiflity. In most we-, very β-w", but . •' Jji#/ listened to .- farmer had half M many, y> iat bo ttrico as fat. If ™r ' har* hoard the thine he sa-d I feel sure wo should have bad P»» without further rfelsy.