FARMING NEWS.
RURAL RAKINGS. Sales of wool in. Australia from July 1 to February 28 totalled 1,910,137 bales, which realised £23,811.784. Compared with (lie previous corresponding period, these figures represent decreases of 273,486 bales and £2O 967,803 in value. There lias been an earlier demand from London for partridge peas this season, and the market, at £«s Id a bushel, on trucks, has opened higher than has been the ease for several years, says the Otago Daily Times. With a good price offering for cocksfoot, the recent and prolonged spell of fine weather has tempted several farmers in Banks Peninsula to re-thresh their straw heaps. It is reported that a good (Sample of seed is being obtained, though the yield naturally is low.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LV, Issue 90, 14 March 1935, Page 5
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123FARMING NEWS. Manawatu Standard, Volume LV, Issue 90, 14 March 1935, Page 5
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