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Nelson Evening Mail, 25 September 1916, Page 8

■'Now that- the grass i's begiipin prow andVa good season is promised,. th< dairv farmer and the sheep-breeder carlook" back with a rueful equanimity or the ravages last season has made in h:f bai& balanca (says the Oannara iMail) No place was struck harder than North "Otago bv tbe drought of last season, al though from the Horse Range to North Canterbury all experienced the disaster ■with more or le--s intensity. The dairy "ia-rmer. during the Avorst phase of the drought, had to part with his herd at prices that reached as low as 30s per head, and he has now to fill up the gap at .figures' that range from £3 to £l2. The Mglx of butter-fat will not compensate in a season for the difference be-, tween the lowest the highest price. Sheep may be included to the same category, for'sin.-e the iflush of grass, ewes fchafc were disposed) of at 2s per head have to be bought back at- 30s. It wil'. be apparent that it will take the whole of tihe increased' value of lambs and wool to make good the difference of 23s per head. Yet a few good seasons and the farmer will begin to forget that such a thing as a disastrous -drought ever visited North Oiasol

• TRAVEL OX BRITISH WOODMXLNE TYRES. When you buv Wood-Milne tyres, you ftelrp tha Empire—and! you get best value. Wood-Milne Tyres are guaranteed- to cover 3,500 miles, and a Palmtrstori North motorist states he got 6/oU milea cf service ironx one. His letter savs- ,f The tvre "was mounted on' my liekvv car- and ran on very bad- reads, standing all that any Get tb=. pure rubber, all Bntisb \\ oodMtlne tyres. Write for price bet to 2i.Z. Dej.ot, 167; Vivian street, \\ ellmg-

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