SOUTHERN OPERATIONS.
Deep [ploughing ior winter/ varieties of whoat (says our'Christchurch .correspondent) is.going on apace in the Ashburton district; the; saturated condition[of: the soil, rendering the operation much easier "than it was last year, "when deep ploughing was carried out tmdev much difficulty. A : fairly'large area of wheat has already been, sown, and this, has been.done in first-class order.; As showing tlio rapid growth vegetation lias been mak° ing during tho past few weeks in the district, it may" be mentioned that oats- sown early in the .season are,[,in many instances, fully a foot'in height. Grass seed that lay dormant -,in : tlio. soil [ for several 'months has also germinated," arid' the prospects of farEirs at the'prqseht time are very encouraging. Stock, however, despite the: abundanco of feed,''are .riot- improving in condition soquickly as owners :would desire.
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 193, 9 May 1908, Page 3
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136SOUTHERN OPERATIONS. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 193, 9 May 1908, Page 3
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