DISAPPOINTING GRASS CROPS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 947, 14 October 1910, Page 8

DISAPPOINTING GRASS CROPS.

|;;;:;;vs^;'r;MAKAlEOoNO^S^:;c;;;;.';>v W: Grass '-is.', decidedly inV,the' ■ Makairc [!l.UßgK:correspchdent..writes);-'\,Mahy/'-farih-; !j : ."erS:Said they were;much disappointed,-as had; such a'fine winter,;.they. ; ;had7| i'/lbokeo •' forward: to ■ ah early' flush: of .•grass,' ':\ 8 ,;but;;in''most'-,'casesIthey,1they, have', beeri ; dis-' w'appointed:;?'l- found ; ;thiS;to-b'e the;base-J-chiefly ;wh'ere- : coeksfbot' is;.the/predominJfating - grass.;'-'. Wherever there was 'a fair -j immixture' of ;rye,..; pastures• ;were;.; much. "; Earlier.;; On ; some' farms I saw : the; cocks-;

;:.'.ibbtVhad ; :not jnade any . start at: all. -It.: jv'etiirseemed asleep and had not awakened: u;from;its-'miter.'s-nap;'' ; ; On. the'flatlands; p. between.: ; the }hills.;there*,was;a?much bet-; (spring;; of :;gra!S^y:.:;;;A ; ",; : i;:''-;;'{- ;,.;.!:; '.:;_';- |; ; -l;Str.':l'iper : has a very/nice placeiat,';Ma- ,; pkairo,' and another\larger holding in-the K Aohango v Eoad. "The two' places \ aTe''-con>; ECtoected:Vby.;^telepHqieV i -\and".while'-' ; r'':was fpthere V heavy;thunderstorm; took>:place, s JaM- the: gong •: in ■.. Mr.v Piper's';': machine Kxang.',/When;he .took .off : the.(reraiyer.: his: If, {manager; had. .just'- done '. the '.'same at -the s lother; ,endy:. and ~, each: wanted V| to" know: ft.what.was'-the^ 1 jrl: didn't.,' -You {y'Eaoh was sure-the other..had -done the, i.;iingirig-up." I' ! suggested;.it was the light-' j; TungTwherii"cracr.'.went, the.receiyer; it ;v jwas- put down;., in•; double quick -.time till ; Ktte^stbrm-wasjbyer;^.;/■';.: ; ";.':'/;;;- .:'■[--..:.■<;:',