THE SEASON

New Zealand Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 6314, 14 September 1907, Page 3

THE SEASON

A FAVOXTRABU3 OXTTLOOK. Generally throughout the country the rural outlook is .most encouraging, though it is not prabable that the season will bo equal to the past one. The drought-stricken districts of the South , have made a splendid recovery, though there, as in the majority of districts where the spring has been remarkable , for abundant rain, the grass has little fubstanoe in it While lambing peroutages have been fairly high, the death-rate has also been high, and lambs will not come away so quickly owing to the soft grass. In Hawke’s j Hay and. Taranaki the spring has been exceptionally wet With a fin© summer must naturally follow a great dairying ecwon. True, the failure of turnips in Taranaki has led to much of the pasture being eaten down more than usual, but the grass lands of the province are remarkable for their power of recovery. There is little substance in the grass in *ll the lower districts of this inland, end dairy stock must feel the effect of Uis ill-balanced food, for the hay left oier from winter is a minus quantity. Tie milk supply at dairy factories is indicating an increase all round, though tbt only accretion is from the development of established herds and where •states have been subdivided. The prospect, on the whole, is fair to the man on the land, and it rests with him whether he will make the most of his opportunity.