GORE.
■October 17.— During the week the weather .has been- very windy and <omewhat cold, conseque©ily land under cultivation is very dry. On this account, and the latjf of spring on old pasture lands, farmers are desirous of rain, which they bay has been in short supply of late. Young grass is looking well throughout tr.o d'strict, but rain is needed to stimulate a sp&edy growth ip tho longer sown paddoclw. oumrnvr Show. — The prize-list for the above, which makes interesting reading for in tend ing competitors and exhibitors, is to-day pabliishcd in iu'd in both, local papers. Tho ohew c'atcs a«> December 1 and 2, ar-d onti-ics close with tha sccreTary hers at 8 p.m. en Saturday, November 21. Oats. — A e!<3aranc3 i:= being made frcm local stores d Eome 10.000 sacks per tho Oswestry Grange Joa-dnig at Bluff for West of England ports.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2849, 21 October 1908, Page 39
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