DRY PASTERES
WATER URGENTLY NEEDED H A NGITIK El’ S RAINFALL (Per Press Association). Marlon Oct. 4. ‘T have lived on the one farm for over .70 years and I have never experienced such a dry winter and spring.” saiil Mr. H. H. Marshall, a prominent: Itnngitikei farmer. -There i-- a lagoon on my property.” he adtied. "whieli I have never seen dry at. this season of the year, but today It is waterless.” Beautiful weather prevails for farming operations. but in many cases the ground is so dry and hard that it is miploughalde. There are already water shortages both for domestic use and for stock and considerable alarm is being caused. The rainfall figures for September were 1.21 ditches, compared with an average fir the month taken over a period of 20 years of 3.47 indies. The laiiifal 1 for tlte nine months amounted to 22.43 inches as against on «vi rage of 28:01 inches.
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Feilding Star, Volume 9, Issue 3850, 5 October 1932, Page 5
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