MASTERTON NOTES.
Shearing is ( now,..'virtually finished in the sheds ■ Masterton., •At Alfre'cli!6irilr,.Saunaers's shed is just putting through..th'o. I ,last.lots, while at Mr. Algie's the end of lasfcweek saw the final stages of shearing. -. . ofci . '•
The effects of.-,the,.dry weather have been felt .at Carterton, and on Taratahj thb grass has been almost ■irrecoverably dried up, and ono supplier to tho cheese factory states that he has been •feeding his cows' on~bran to stimulate a better supply of j ; Lndybirdsc>ro--yofj'--.fplentiful ; in Masterton gardens this season. , These insects are extremely beneficial to plant life, as they subon the blights which rob vegetation of itsfvitality. At Lansdowne, where the wattle blight has .been ' denuding" blue gums of leaves, tho ladybird" has appeared in great nunjbprs, and completely arrested the progress of ('■-■:•.' ; . .
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 77, 24 December 1907, Page 4
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