SALT HARVEST AT LAKE GRASSMERE
F~r-pects "Excellent” After Drv Season 7—rsxe-.—j for salt harvesting at trr salt works at Lake were described as *‘exaelem’ yesterday by Mr P. J. : r-aragirg director of n ■ Salt Works. Mr Skel-es-as ux that the weather had xrocmilly dry. and if the r.- spell continued, har- - c ceg.n some time in “e •'?— Last season, harvest- . r r xt begin until January >. Tre barvest then was just can ~7»>j tons, although last very wet. F.r _re .is: 10 months, the rainYui Lake Grassmere was •,t- average for that period said Mr Skellerup. ”7tf ne cf evaporation for the arre wrari was 44.20 m, the averse 37 57 m Th* ■ s~age rainfall for the ■'■ear at Lake Grassmere WW >63. •Br Skr-ue-xp rave the detailed nt curtail tor the last six Wte’ L-Xfc. June. l.ldin; July, - Tfcn a 57in, September, *.r Detaoer 92in: total for six ■LTTTttS, Wciih'.s m the district had been a * ery trying time -7 Mr Sxellerup said. His £3 :_.ly sympathetic v :: tt»?cr difficulties.
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Press, Volume XCVII, Issue 28748, 20 November 1958, Page 21
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