EAST TAIERI.

Otago Witness, Issue 1341, 11 August 1877, Page 6

EAST TAIERI.

' /Auga^tSnfti)-., Since my last, we have been getting :winter fairly— froat; enbwMbut the -ground ia in good working order, which is beinglargely., taken advantage of, and a good breadthVi*. being sown. All are putting in the crop'of wheat, as the' land is seldom at tHia time in anything like the order it is now; in. , Most, of the farmers are getting afraid of ; a very ■ ; wet spring,, and backward , summer.^ to! {balance,- for the present fine weather,^ and., the ploughing is also well forward en ;most. of the farms.- Oats are being sown» in places, > .but wheat will be the ruling crop, if one can judge by appearances, as nearly all you get jtalklng to.Bay we are putting in. wheat V .arid there is. more lea, lifted than haijbfleh for a. 'number' of years. ,. The werk generally ia' well forward. I notice, hpweyjer, 'ia\fejf lots, of potatoes are being lifted yet,' as, they were; left at the end of the season, but' with poor results, as lots of them have rotted with the [ wet. As a rule, the grasn has kept well? vp r with the openness of the season, and in afew sheltered nooks it has sprung a little: Plant- | ing trees, trimming hedges, and Iqoking'to" i fences are being done. Very few'careTo'cui i and burn — tbe gorae thus spreading' on the jroad-linea, and there is barely room for' traffic. Surely the Road Boards could cause ,' the owners to clear in front of their hedges..; . Rumour says the Deacons' Court have sold' 'privately the Manse and glebe. • Price withheld—something like £1500-^0 a local man."