THE SEASON.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 539, 21 June 1909, Page 10

THE SEASON.

RECORD WOOL CLIP ANTICIPATED. . Reports which arc coming in from the .country districts in tlio Wellington and JAawfces Bay provinces confirm tho opinion .that farmers generally may anticipate a record year. Last season was a splendid one, so far as the wool olip was concerned, hut .everything now points to an even better clip* this year., lho autumn' was so mild that tlio new growing wool on'the sheep's backs "camo '•on. splendidly." Now,.with an equally mild period in tlio first winter months, tlio .olios .have, still further improved in quality, while the sheep thomsolves are generally in splendid health. rheTesult, summed up by a prominent \Yairarapa farmer to a Dominion representative, is. that this year we should- have a record wool clip and a record lambing if the July and August, months are not umdulv severe: - J-..-'■to'the various, North Island'factories tho milk supply has boon a record, while tho stock could hardly bo bettor. Coming to particukr distracts, Hawke's Bay, from Pirinka to Jpukora North, appears to bo a veritable land of plenty Although tho mornings havo ■ been cold in Hawkc's Bay, tho district has not yet expononced a real winter day, Tlio season thoro appears to bo still spring and the growth of pastures is a reflex of tho conditions. Wairarapa has had colder weather, but stock arc- wintering well, and thoro is an abundonco of feed.- From Palmerston North, away through tho Foildins district toward ,

Wauganui, and up to Huntei-villc, the whole landscape is just an. . Arcadian .picture. There aro nice compact homesteads, well-lcopt plantations, and fat shcop and cattle browsing on the pastures. As for Ta-ranaki, tho situation in that dairy province was well outlined by one of its former residents Who stated that thero was enough food between Now Plymouth and Wanganui to fatten twice tho present number of cattle on it.