A FORTUNATE COUNTRY

Feilding Star, Volume 8, Issue 2559, 16 April 1930, Page 8

A FORTUNATE COUNTRY

1 BECAUSE OF ITS RAINFALL I I The richness of New Zealand’s pastures, as the Government meteorologist points out, is attributable*" to the generally average rainfall, the moderate amount of cloud, the waterwashed and unpolluted air, and the abundance of sunshi'ne. And these natural advantages are going to mean increasing prosperity as the years go by, and more intensive cultivation is practised. Ap. American visitor tells us that the north of Auckland offers almost limitless posy sibilities for the growing' of citrus; fruit and that in this respect it is far ahead of California. New Zealand is more blessed in its climate than in anything else. A marine climate L generally characterised by a high ' average rainfall, and New Zealand | has an equable climate, with com- J paratively slight differences in view of the fact that the Diminion covers a range of nearly 900 miles in latitude. Owing to the mild temperatures there is some growth of herbage practically the whole year round, and this fact accounts for the marvellous productivity of the soil, and encourages the optimism of those who believe that the potentialities of the country are almost limitless from lho point of view of primary industries.—Christchurch Star. I ,