FARMERS' PLIGHT
NORTH OTAGO AfiEA ! 14IN. OF RAIN IN 11 MONTHS: . ' 1 7/! CROPS BEING FED TO STOCK GOVERNMENT AID SOUGHT !» [by TELKGKAPH —rRESS association] il OAMARU, Wednesday. Only .46in. of rain was recorded at : Oaniaru during November, making aM total of 13.6 Sin. for 11 months, com--pared with an average of about 22in;' "With the continued unusually hot" and drv weather for this time of year : conditions in North Otago are alarm-: ing, and the considered opinion of men conversant with affairs in the country)"! is that the prospects for the season'* crops are negligible. So desperate has the plight of many' farmer's become that the' provincial executive of the North Otago Farmers' Union has made representations through Mr. A. H. Nordmeyer, M.P. for Oaniaru, that the situation warrants action being taken by the Gorily eminent in granting free railage o|' stock from the district or supplies of fodder from other districts. . - In most places wheat crops are being fed off. in the hope of saving stock: from starvation. The failing water supply of many farms is giving rise to the utmost concern.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22901, 2 December 1937, Page 12
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