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Otago Witness, Issue 3775, 20 July 1926, Page 33

County farmers draw a favourable com* parision between present weather conditions and those prevailing in the county during .the corresponding period of last vear, and farmers remark on th» seasonable rain now experienced as against the heavy rains of last wir'tsr (reports the Ashburton Guardian). No damage has been done in spite of the fact that in the districts in close proximity to the hills rainfall has been exceptionally heavy. “Farm work is unpleasant in the wet weather, but when it clears tho ground will be well supplied with the moisture necessary for next year’s harvest,” remarked one farmer. “Fortunately, a slight check in farm work is not seriowt, at tne present time, as there is an abundance of feed and tho work if well advanced,” he adde ( d. —ln 1909 the world’s production ot artificial silk was 7500 tons. The esti« mated total for 1926 is 100,000 tons.