AUCKLAND PASTURES.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 145, 13 March 1908, Page 2

AUCKLAND PASTURES.

RAPID RECOVERIES. , ;, . rGC ° nt , rains, (says .our. Auckland, con. . respondentkliave- had' an "imiriediiite berie-' hoiah effect: in the. (jouptry. Paddocks which '": 5, . ? dr y and yellow on' Thursday .were,, by'.:, , Aborning. assuming . a ''green ' appear- 1 -'' • ance > yesterday, so : rapid .had, been tl"> • growth, ■ tllat, .it- was scarcely ■ possible to seo. " Wat t-he had, just emerged, from; a,-' - drought.- W'liero tho, bush; fires have'" bear" raging, the; rains haVo come.as 'a, great boon; Urass .and gree'ii feed 'are 'coriimg'. alorig '.i. guicUy. so ; that -settlers will no - longer' be '.* , "serious.-a problem"' as ' that • which, confronted;them a, ago.-.",'!■ ' Associatioh niessago ; from' Auck- ' . land,saysthat.. whilethe fires,did:*immenso : ; .-.aaniago tlioy also* did .a" yery, great deal, of ■ good, :and the sottlers realise that tliey will r reap; very''great .benefit Jri'the. future.,,,'Al- , . . thPugli the. rain came' tbo lato ; nips, oft' ht>;i liglit;{ lands,"arid;,many'farmers '' had already . used- up the "available winter tide,the,stock through the drbught; tholspttlCrs,generally cpnsiderVthat thoy will';. pnil throiigh all right. Dairy .of. ; course, 'cannot'hopo to find,their.cows coining ;" ' I into full -milk 'again, but still. tliP alarming ;-. deer,ease'. m ~thoi! d utput of; milk : and butter /* has been eh?:ekod; and the-rains should -cer--tamly .mean a'lower price for both cpmiriodi- \ ties than was anticipated..;