ARTHURTON.
October 22.— Very boautiful spring w-rather !>as been the ru!» h-ar« until ju?t recently when wo were visited by a succession cf heavy ■*?](>■>. Thcus hinrVi-ad farm wor.c for a time, but still they dii->cl up th~ moist t> round in other place*. Tin' ra:n which ha^ fallen lately has just been huffiest to promote the growth of all eiops. Famiiiiq;. — H» rp, as in man\ ofh»r place-,, there ;•, a larger area in crop "tin-, ;,oav than u-=unl. Tha young crop >-, lookwi^ h^'rhy, and farn:ors a: 3 now turning t.heir attritions to proparni" the t'iriim trround. Sheep are now off U.e turning and on to th^ ma.-s paddoc-k* which seem to havo a f'°o'l cu\enn<r of grass Lambing has become trenoial, and jud<iiii(> from the number of lambs .«vpn in tho paddocks, tho psrrenta:ce >houlJ be vor> hitrh. A dairy facforj lias boon commenced at Pukoiau, and so mo of our local residents are driving mi'k there. Thr want of a factory has b3«n loii? felt so now that it ha; come, .t shoul-l bo of jrirat benefit to the people of the suriouifdirij dimmers Anclin:r. — An<liji~-_ in th~ WuJpalii is voiy brisk at present. Quit" lar^e nutnbei» of .-insrler-, ca-i bo peen dotted alonjr its bfhks «hipp ; ng the stream. Good catches, as far as I hear, havo been the 1 ule. The river i-> mj grand order just now, and fish aro plentiful and in grood condiiion. On Uo«d<iv evening, ir the -hort «-nacj of hall a=i liour, two aii^lois piociiicd 15 tioiit, all of a Neiy fair si/.0.
ARTHURTON.
Otago Witness, Issue 2902, 27 October 1909, Page 38
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