SUNSHINE AND SHOWERS.
Tho wonderful growths of grass which ai almost everywhere seen .in the. country di: triets aro ascribed by practical farmers (saj our Wairarapa. correspondent) ■ to tho extr; ordinary, sun baths to which the earth wo treated, followed by tho rain. It is aaserte that the latent heat at present in tho soil i quite enough to temper the backward tone oncy of cold southerly rai'.is. The manner i which tho pastures have revived has surprise the majority of farmers, especially those, i tho dairying lino; and noarly all the chocs factories, which wero expected to close dow this month or earlier, will continue nnothc .month.
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 184, 29 April 1908, Page 2
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108SUNSHINE AND SHOWERS. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 184, 29 April 1908, Page 2
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