WAIMUMU.
Febbuary 16. — At last rain has come — r '.tiler late for cereal crops, but in time for turnips. It commenced on Saturday morning, and continued almost without intermission till Monday. On Saturday night it fell in torrents. I believe the rain has been pretty general throughout Southland. The turnip crop will be remarkably good in some cases, notwithstanding tho severe drought. Harvhst Hem's. — Cutting has been started in a good many instances, and it .would have been more general before this had not the rain intervened. Numbers of fields are dead ripe and ready to cut. Oat crops on the flats will be the most prolific this season, as they retain the moisture more than the rising lands. Reapers and binders are very numerous upon the farms in this district. Several new ones have been introduced this season, and the the old backdelivery is rapidly becoming an implement of the past. Messrs Reid and Gray's binder seems to take precedence in the divtiict; while tin 1 Howard and M'Cormick have also a place in the estimation of those competent io judge.
Mining. — Gold-mining in the Waimumu .Valley still continues to prosper. About 130 men are engaged on the field, and in some eas-es good business is being done. A rise in the Waimumu caused by the recent rain has suspended operations for the present.
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Otago Witness, Issue 1787, 20 February 1886, Page 13
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225WAIMUMU. Otago Witness, Issue 1787, 20 February 1886, Page 13
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