IN WAIKATO
';'}'■- .'■ "". - ''-.■■ —, «» '• ■';.- A SHORTAGE OF PIGS. 'RABBITS FLOODED OUT. ■' ...*.»,ij .■ .'■' /.' ' ffi^'" TJtLEGBArH.—-OWK COKRESPOipEST] i ■'■ { '■;' \;;HA3MILTON. :: E'ri<Iay;.-.:;,| The lambing season has commenced in ! the Waikato, a large number of lambs al- j ready making thsdr appearance. | Calves are llikely, to be a glut on the ! market this y<jiar. Owing to the.very low ! , ; prices realised itoir. calves last year, there seems little possibility that many will be .■ ' \A '■; great; shortage of. pigs is ; evident throughout the district, and exceptionally. high prices for bacohers are being realised. :i The long spell of wet weather has done much to kill; off the rabbits. "They have either;been drowned or have moved to : higher ; , country.,■,-,-. It is rarely now that a ' rabbit, is seen;! in the low-lying areas to ; : the east, 61;Hamilton^.'. ,:j*^>.' : ","- .-.;■
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18771, 26 July 1924, Page 16
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127IN WAIKATO New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18771, 26 July 1924, Page 16
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