WARNING TO FARMERS.
DIFFI'OI'LTTES AREA D.
PALMERSTON .NORTH, Dec. (5. . There is at present an acute shortage. of stock in the Manawutu district, nm.! in referring to the matter at tho annual mooting of Abraham Will hi in"-, Ltd., Mr R. S. Abraham', elmi'mian ol* diroetor'-s, pointed mil. that, apart from the high pl'lees being realised for wool, meat, etc., the drought's which hnvo been experienced in v-inon*. *>;'iiis of the Dominion-, *diV- reduction of breeding ovpwg \o the demand for freezing, and various other factors, more particularly the abnormal growlh id' yrii-s ihe- ye-> son, have .ill helped to promtee a state of a (fairs- wh'ch \< fraught with a certfii'ii amount of danger to the small settlers. Store stock, he said had now reached a figure (more particularly cattle) at which they will not pay to buy, and whilst no doubt the grass must ho kept down and farms in order, still every farmer should realise that sooner or later ho must suffer considerable depreciation of values, and should regulate his expenditure accordingly.
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Northern Advocate, 8 December 1916, Page 4
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174WARNING TO FARMERS. Northern Advocate, 8 December 1916, Page 4
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