NEED FOR RAIN
FARMERS CARRY WATER CONCERN IN TARANAKI “ The Press ” Special Service NEW PLYMOUTH, January 6. Not since the 1935-36 season has Taranaki experienced such a long period without any appreciable quantity of rain as during the present summer; Farmers are seriously concerned at the daily decline in dairy production as pastures become more parched, and wells, tanks, and the smaller creeks dry up. The most serious effect of almost five weeks without rain is the fall in dairy production. Four representative cheese factories in central and south Taranaki estimate that their supply of milk is decreasing at the rate of 100 gallons daily, and factories in the coastal areas, where the soil is lighter and rain is needed more frequently, are suffering an even more serious decline.
Wells and tanks are dry in many parts of the province, and farmers are being forced tc carry water from factories. Wells in the north Taranaki coastal area are already drying up, although generally during the dry period they do not begin to fail until about March.
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Press, Volume LXXX, Issue 24150, 8 January 1944, Page 4
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176NEED FOR RAIN Press, Volume LXXX, Issue 24150, 8 January 1944, Page 4
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