EAST COAST-AND WEST.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 677, 30 November 1909, Page 10

EAST COAST-AND WEST.

r A CONTRAST IN QROPS riki n g y Tfiftht;.'tha", season.-' on' thov east and ; west ~ coasts ot iKsfW thb^drtif.lsland;(writes our travelling corrcs-. uondout) is the remarkable forwardness of tho ?> ,;-sido.;>'l astonished ft< •••• • the'other day to see at -least one padaock ot •••'•v oats-well-shot, and any {amount -of others on; 'Easi; side in-' a/.VeryiforWard:stagq;r i ,Uio;; contrast .Kthe.'mo'rb' inbticeable-fronVvthe : f aci ©Va ouly f a'-Aveels:earlief''l> had- I passed through 3fe% iy^brttoris^of'VEangitiliei, i -nrhero; sowing, was &H;v Agoing doubt ■; ohe, roason for: this .is that..on-;tlie ;stahy:jands-.ofj ( the;Op.aki district a r o&:i?;tcLahcoXof-i; drought- la'tor : lands, • |s;MfebeingVnaturally. light,;-%ro;,vma'doy.more porous,-aiid-j rbtentiyo; .b£ ; vrater' on 'account ;.of the - ?/'••••./': stories'iri ihq soil.. '•' ' - On tho eastern side, of the divide there did las::fiir;.as i !: coiild : see; appear, to be any qujiritity out.stacks: loft ■: ..very havo ftiiwS'teen^seen-atSth'e.rsatuoiJfine^o ';l' : thMe;,famers;who have'.beeu. -out/, for Ti" rise .'will. ifotlir.ve.. their; Theresas; been .'such an;ahundS •*•.:' 'once of 'feed .I'ove)r)-\rher,e'.: that^a;,' -very,,, little : .•/ v.ch'aff goes .a''long way. to-day. : offl)light;.X( cannot 1 .not;.'sb:eYidencb..of .any, eiten* IK®;"Xsive,Vpotatci; : f planting;-.'on , the -. eastern side. Several; jebple ; tbld;'nib:that' they'!were afraid; td jCTbwSthern Avinianyf attacks ,_of -'blight had in; gipijjViJ-Tiri.ons^localities,;;a;nd;also .because .tha prices ruling; lately, were.not ,sutS;t(mpting.;. .therb phoul([:bo;a.large at'eu'in potatoes-this,season, ; lEteiiwhbt;ihlVmnoJCases/ the^extreniely-'wel";weather; I jpSp^S-liSd-rc'siiiltdil'iiin;Hie seed rotting. in tho ground. : !fe^SS^V-ASfeWflVbeks' travelling.near.Grey- 7 • of. an. 1 'ofeeri-fllr;' J.'.'W." • l{?!W??;irK'dd) ;-iyas:'vOTy proild .of the' wonderful amount; ias one .-. -looked:.along: th'o tln.-;- seemed;]ust.one ' >■- ;'iTlie};fruit was also- sotting ■ ;a heavy, '.i: :.- - crop. It- is ;.Mr. Kidd's intention to sand-his : niarket/J'Being .within • \ fairly convenient tram srvico, ho will be'able ; pjSSSi to. pick the'-fruit: dndi have at' on the ■ pjffrMt; fii early; morning l auctions.. Oorn- ;> . "-. spared;ivjtli .tho. Auckland growers, Sfi-. Kidd I: '/ . . ; thus has telling, advantage.. ,•' )-y;'.-: y/ ry'-