PUKEURI.
[from oub own correspondent.! February 28. The fine weather we have been favored with has enabled the farmers to get on very fast with harvest work. Three weeks ago there was scarcely a stook to be seen, and now the fields are all in stook or altogether bared of their precious treasures. The thrashing mill has been at work for more.; than a week, several of the farmers taking advantage of the favorable weather to thrash out of the stook, thus effecting a considerable saving. I understand, although the crops are bulky, the yield per acre is not so good as was expected. The wheat, in some cases, has suffered from blight, and in others it has ripened too fast, and I have heard of as low a yield as 16 bushels per acre, but this is exceptional. The oats in many cases have suffered from rust, -which, of course,, makes the grain light. Barley, I understand, ■ is an excellent crop, and likely to yield well. The School Committee met this week, and, I believe, recorded their vote, in favor of Messrs. Clarke, Fulton, and Shrimski for the Education Board. The Assessment Court is likely to have a busy day at the schoolhouse on-Thurs-day first (or Friday—l am not sure which day), as I understand there are a number of appeals against the assessment.
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Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1208, 1 March 1880, Page 2
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225PUKEURI. Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1208, 1 March 1880, Page 2
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