FARMING IN OTAGO.
AN UNFAVOURABLE SEASON.
MORTALITY AMONG LAMBS. fI?X TELEGRAPH. —OWN CORRESPONDENT. ] DUNE DIN, Saturday. Otago fanners, in common with farmers all over New Zelaand, are facing trying conditions owing to the lateness of the winter and the wetness of the spring. Losses in lambs are reported everywhere. Ten per ceut. seems to be the average. The sufferers are, of course, those sheep men who breed early lambs and have no shelter such as is provided by plantations and gorso hedges. The lambing in the open has been deadly. The pasturage is poor and as a result the ewes have left their lambs to die. Fortunately general lambing on the hills is only just beginning, and if warm weather sets in'there is no reason why it should not be satisfactory. As to agricultural farming, the rains of the past week have moistened the ground that whs caked by the cold winds and sunshine will put it into perfect condition for cultivation.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 19140, 5 October 1925, Page 14
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