FEILDING MATTERS.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 88, 13 April 1912, Page 9

FEILDING MATTERS.

[»V TZLSGBAPIT— SKOAL TO IHB POST.] FEILDING, This Day. A moderate yarding of sheep and a heavy yarding of cattle, especially young stock, came forward for the weekly stock sale yesterday". Prices were very firm for sheep. Mi\ W. Dibble, Government Inspector, is still busy giving instructions in the method of ensilage making. In the Waituna district" there are a few crops of maize which should help dairy farmers over the winter. TCim. bolton farmers state that they have good grass, and plenty of it, to carry them through the winter. The present condition of the country is much better than it was 12 months ago. Stock are in good fettle, and in fact the only thing that worries the farmers is the shortage of labour. There is every possibility of tho Beaconsfield Hockey Club opening the season with a match against Apiti, to be played at Kimbolton. Although the majority of the • maize crops in this district proved rather a failure, Mr. P. Rutherford has been very successful in securing a patch, of five acres, which is very uniform ; it ie about 9ft high; and a pleasant sight to behold. The potato crops in the Waituna West locality are turning out much better than, was at first anticipated.