A HOGGET SURPLUS.
:SHORTAGE OF RAPE.THE.CAUSE.Farmers in; various parts of-the Do- ■ minion havo-been rather -undecided as to. what they would do respecting their hoggets this year. There has been an -imprission' tor some ; . time -that, - owing to certain circumstances;, hoggets would : ho flown in price...' • .- The question.was dealt with at the last meeting of the Hastings branch of the Farmers' Union, which.dccidcd that'it would be wise it' it :warned farmers that there.would likely te'a surplus of. store hbggetsthis season. ' ■ ■''lho reason taken.into consideration was that there was a shortage of rape.-' ' •It was. also decided (according to. .an exchange) that farmers should be "urged to plough for turnips, no matter -how hard the ground." Rape crops in the Marton district are said to bo affected, with cluh-root "in : a' bad form. ' Last year only a few places, were aflccted, but. this: year the trough;' affects a large • area'.' 1 ' . ■\
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1027, 17 January 1911, Page 8
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149A HOGGET SURPLUS. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1027, 17 January 1911, Page 8
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