A MILD WINTER.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19394, 31 July 1926, Page 11

A MILD WINTER.

LOWER WAfKATO FARMS. STOCK IN GOOD CONDITION. [BY TELEGRAPH. —OWN CORRESPONDENT.] PUKEKOHE, Friday. The winter has been a comparatively mild one in the Lower Waikato. While some frosty nights have been experienced, they have almost always been followed by sunny days, and there has been no spell of really bleak weather. With tho recent warm rain, followed by fine days, the grass has started its spring growth. There has been a considerable picking of grass for the stock on most farms, besides hay and root crops, while paddocks that were top-dressed early and shut up for a time already show a good flush of feed. Consequently the livestock generally have wintered well, and the dairy herds start the new season in good condition. Present conditions are also favourable for lambln|fost of tho early potato crops are now planted and some are already well above ground. The total area in potatoes probably exceeds that of last season, but owing to the unpropitious weather U spring, which caused so muc " a, "?* L ; growers this season are not attemptmg to any extent to produce crops particularly early. inc s hould prove a rigorseason seems very satisfactory.