MIDDLEMARCH NOTES.

Otago Witness, Issue 3334, 6 February 1918, Page 23

MIDDLEMARCH NOTES.

MIDDLEMARCH, February 4. Harvest is proceeding steadily, and stacking has now commenced on many farms. Owing to the great scarcity of! labour farmers are combining forces, and, where this co-operative method is practicable, the important work of saving the grain in good condition pr.oceeds apace. The wheat crops which until lately were most promising, nave, in many instances, blackened in the ears, and the grain in such cases is- shrivelled and discoloured. It is expected that a good deal of wheat will be worth very little, and farmers ecem inclined to attribute this misfortune to tho unusually heavy rainfall experienced this year. . . A meeting of the iStrath-Taieri A. and P. Society was held on Saturday evening, when a working committee was formed, and preliminary arrangements were mado for the annual show Canon Nevill, of St. Paul's, Dunedin, conducted the services at St. Chad's, Middlemarch, on Sunday last. Tho special feature of the eervices was the unveiling and dedication of a stained-glass m-emorial window which had recently been placed in position, was in memory of the late Mrs W. Iliagins. The window is the gift of Mr John Cleaver.