RECORD LAMBING PREDICTED
GOOD PROSPECTS FOR SOUTHLAND
A well-known and successful Southland farmer who was in Dunedin this week told a reporter of The Otago Daily Times that, in his opinion, Southland was going to have a record return in lambing and in the wool clip this season.
A similar state of affairs, he added, should also be experienced in the province of Otago. Never did the two provinces look better from a farmer’s point of view. The winter had been remarkably mild, and the spring in Southland had been almost perfect for growing conditions. Tire ewes were in splendid order, and as the Southland farmer put it, there should be a great lambing. The quality of the wool should likewise show a marked improvement on that of last season, he said. Altogether, the farming prospects in both Southland and Otago were really splendid. It may be added that from what can be gathered, the farming prospects right throughout the South Island are most gratifying. The lambing season in the North Island is also proving an excellent one. When in Wellington this week, Mr W. Grieve, of Invercargill, was told by the chairman of the New Zealand Meat Producers’ Board (Mr T. A. Duncan) that the lambing percentages recorded in the North Island were very high.
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Southland Times, Issue 24237, 21 September 1940, Page 4
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216RECORD LAMBING PREDICTED Southland Times, Issue 24237, 21 September 1940, Page 4
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