FARM JOTTINGS
One farmer in the Oamaru district has already taken throe crops from his lucerne stand this year. We know that a stunted seedling never grows into a good tree, nor for that matter does a stunted animal grow into a good one. Grasses do not differ in this respect from trees or animals. The remedies are obvious; pastures should be nursed as carefully as young trees or animals. Rural life in Denmark forms a vivid contrast to rural life in this country. Here the unrelieved monotony of the countryside has caused a rush to the cities and large towns. In Denmark the universal use of electricity energy has brought most of the comforts and some of the attractions of modern civilisation to the countryside, where contented people labour with a light heart. The Feildlng Agricultural High School boys have Just completed a week’s stay at the farm of Mr W. Burn, Rongotea, where they put in five strenuous days shearing, says the “Star.” . They acquitted themselves well, and in recognition Mr Burn presented the school with a bale of wool clippings for classifying purposes.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LXIX, Issue 2565, 24 December 1924, Page 9
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186FARM JOTTINGS Manawatu Times, Volume LXIX, Issue 2565, 24 December 1924, Page 9
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