THE WEATHER AND ITS-EFFECTS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 93, 13 January 1908, Page 2

THE WEATHER AND ITS-EFFECTS.

I'Shtness.-.ofii'ithA. oatf.crjJps,.:-: - : > ; in the Wairartipa district Antes our cor- 1 there „ ill probably Z Zl w n fc!!- g ,v, m P rGvl , oua r eßr s, while there will bo more oaten chaff cut. Grain prospects, all round :are. most unsatisfactory.' ,M ftl nn n T?ii' ol ' I>s of ,Mr.,Robert Cameron, " £ M,Sil?' a r r on^ d t , on P 3u "ds per fldeca in his flock of 8000, Bh6ep.,- Mr.'. Oamifdn 1 1 ■ morn a** at .t ho fl i° C ° CS av6ra S etl a'poUnd f picc i e tlmn last ,yctir, and that 'tho Mason for shoop up to tho end of last year' mI,Tf g °° 'nL S any fa ™ er mi e ht have wished for fhings are not so welT now on account- of the extremely dry Season, wJiioh .Mr. Cameron states is tho driest during his &X' ° XPOrlenCo ° f , faMin E. in . - Writing of the country between Palmerston North and Palnatua. our travelling-cor-respondent says -Though there whs a hico rain on New .Year's Jive,-, the country: is • to show signs of dryness, and pastures aro losing their grebn tinge A' good deal . of,, hay, luis beGh saved:'- andi tho : yields .genei illy aie On the light side, but having been, stacked without' ram -on;'it;- the quality will, be good, I saw one inioe -pad- - dtick, wJiero t-liQ- hay waa being: stacked ;• tho- ' colour was,a ajico;green, but quite dry.-There' ■ are. considerable '•••■-.feeding' : .-properties'-itr hay of that description.- Oats 'are ,sk>rtm tho Mraw, and will gtvo in nlost'cases.p6or .ye'ds.... Several farmers , stato-.that 4neir ' milk yiolds aro falling, dailyU6W.' ' 1 ' ' , The buttorcup on• dan-y farms is fast iiifci■ croasmg. I have.'Seen paddocks just yellow ' with the- flower, andtins', means .that - it- is occupying groind ,which would otherWisa carry, grass. No one SfieniS :to take'any » measures to cope with ! it.-- Thore are num. 6rous complaints of .butter this Season- havllig a peculiar flavour, and it IS quite possible that, this: may arise.: from'the button pup.. A farrtef-rfino of tho exceptions—told " ihe he had been ablo so far to keep his paddocks _ cleanj though . those uall rouild Were btcomiilg bfialy infested. - He , u6ed' to go round at intervals and cut out the butt'orcups.