IN HAWKE'S BAY.

Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 3277, 27 June 1917, Page 4

IN HAWKE'S BAY.

Although prices are very high for stock, some farmers in Hawke's Bay arc not reaping all the good things credited to them (says the Herald). The excessive moisture, it is stated, has proved bad tor lambs, and as high as 50 per cent, mortality is recorded. It is common in certain parts of the district to report 30 to 40 per cent. lamb mortality, and the winter can hardly be said to have started. The outlook for lambs, therefore, is very serious, and complaint is general that barley crops and turnips—the essentia] feed for lambs—is practically non-exis-tent on account of the want of farm labour. Dealing with fats, the position is equally uncertain. Contracts made for fat wethers, delivery ahead, finds buyers to-day with low-condition-ed sheep, and this complaint is general. The reason for sheep going off is generally credited to the unusual rainfall, causing the feed to have no substance.