BAY OF PLENTY CROPS
GROUND VERY DRY 1 I HAYMAKING IN PROGRESS j [BY TELEGRAPH—OWN CORRESPONDENT] | OPOTIKI, Friday _ I Harvesting lias begun in the Opotib I district, farmers taking advantage o | the dry spell to cut ensilage and bay j crops. \Yeeds arc very much in evlde "£® | in the crops, probably owing to tn i slow growth of grass this spring. | The maiu crops will be much 18 1 than usual. Maize planting has been greatly retarded owing to the dry conditions prevailing some time ago. which were planted before the j early this month have started well, but rain is again badly wri* The strong winds experienced duru| the week have dried the g r i right out. Although co " dltl ° n a S ct i ca lly j been threatening roceiitl , 1 v j no rain has fallen tor 16 da\s.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23205, 26 November 1938, Page 14
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143BAY OF PLENTY CROPS New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23205, 26 November 1938, Page 14
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