JOTTINGS FOR FARMERS.

Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 14344, 2 May 1912, Page 4

JOTTINGS FOR FARMERS.

t£l? aV'- 011 Wn in the Ashburton di-~ «f inm W -i^ a ? on ™ s a magnificent lot of 1000, which were rt-.i.-ntlv sent aw-,v ■dtn tvf 1 1 Me^ rs s,nm "' "ros.' Montpa?nI ' gh " !> on the 1Ja »S itata

Reports of high average Yields of ZToZ * he A' hb » rten _wm 2* im X J,,st til,ish "* threshing an thi! nei-e. * aVt ' raK ° ° f ' bushel * *°

Tic opinion has been expressed that wa+,l?,- I', Kcvoro winter, the new .settler.* o„ the .Mnekcni-io' (*ountrv runs will tare very hardly: in fact it blotted out.'- Speaking to* a South L-anterourv man yesterday. a "Press" representative learned that in the viiitors opinion, such would not bo the case. Ido not think man v now settlers will lie harmed much." he said "bocause hall of thorn don't seem to have stocked up at all. Neither do they seem to intend to. and 1 think that most are merely going to put in the necessary time of residence, and then sell out. There are many rumours of big prices offered to the lucky ones for their runs, and no doubt many will get out of their places with their cnsilv-<-ot profits directly the two years are upY'

Tho early snow on the ranges will bring the sheep from the tops to tho lower levels and in this respect is not unwelcome to sheep-owners, except that they might have wished to see it in lato May or early June. The) rain on the farms particularly on the; downs lands was very acceptable to those wno intend to break up ground for the autumn sowing. For many weeks it had been too hard to plough but now numbers of teatns are at work.

Our Dune-din correspondent telegraphs:—lt is said in* the market places that the farmers of Otago and fSouthland are likely to do better this year t-hnn. they hsi-vo done for the past 10 years. There is a big demand for oats and potatoes for export, and prices are very good. Farmers obtain for potatoes on trucks £*j os por ton. About a decade ago half that prico was reckoned good.