DUNTROON.
March 4. — The past week has been very unfa vou: able for harvesting. It rained eveTy night from Sunday till Thursday, clearing on Friday, when stacking w?s recommenced on most farms. Sattirday was a fine day, ar.d we took full advantage of it. working till dark. The weather looks very dull again as if more rain were coming.
Harvest. — The harvest has been a very slow one this season. Solne parts of the crops in the paddooks are fully three "weeks Tater vi ripening than others. Most farmers have a few stacks up, but there is a lot of stooks stiil out, though every available hour is being utilised in getting the crops together. The wheat ciops are "mostly heavy, but are not threshing so heavy a yield as was at first anticipated!— a fact probably owing to the cold snap we had just as the wheat was in flower. The straw is much shorter than usual. The oat crops are veiy light around this district this season, but the sample promises to he gocd. Very little stook threshing is being done this year. One sample of wheat was sold at 3s 3d on the truck last week. Little or no lwwley has been grown here this season. Turnips and potatoes promise a grand yield. Sheep.— l hear that oae line of ewes sold at Station Peak sale fetched 29s 9d pei head.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2660, 8 March 1905, Page 53
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234DUNTROON. Otago Witness, Issue 2660, 8 March 1905, Page 53
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