DISTRICT NEWS.
DOVEDALE FRAGMENTS. The harvest is just completed in splendid condition, the crops bein^ fair. Hop-picking i-s in full swing, tho crops generally being good, especially the Californiavariety, which seems to suit tins district. Some, very nice fields of turnips are 'to be seen in th_ valley nt present, though a great biyndth of land has had to lie sown as many as three- times on account of the flyRabbits are very plentiful, and the farmers nr_ again resort' _g to poison to copo with this pes-. Tho small bird has been more in evidence this season than ever in the history of the district. Thv-y have attacked corn more than usual and fruit of all descriptions, and now they are havinp; high jinks with the hops.. .
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLI, Issue 51, 13 March 1906, Page 3
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128DISTRICT NEWS. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLI, Issue 51, 13 March 1906, Page 3
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