LAMBING IN CANTERBURY.
WELL FORWARD ON PLAINS. CONDITIONS ALMOST IDEAL. fBX TELSGIIAI'Ii.—OWN '; CO&RE SPOHDENT. J CHEISTCHXTBCIi, Saturday. Lambing on the Canterbury Plains is now almost over, and from all quarters 'come reports of exceptionally good percentages. The mild ruins of three weeks a<ro and fine spring weather since haveprovided ideal conditions for lambing and reduced losses to a minimum. In quite a. numbers of districts reports arc that, in addition to the absence of mortality through climatic causes and ewe troubles, the percentage of lambs dropped has been extremely good. ■■".'-:--, Lambing is now fairly general on most of the high country, and several weeks fine weather is all that is required to eftsure good results there.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18518, 1 October 1923, Page 10
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116LAMBING IN CANTERBURY. New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18518, 1 October 1923, Page 10
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