COMMONWEALTH HARVEST.
DISMAL PROSPECTS. By Telenraph—Press Sydney, August 1. The Herald says that, owiag to the failure in a large measure of the usual winter rains, pastoralists and wheatgrowers regard the coming season's outlook as gloomy. In many places the pasturos are bare, and heavy frosts and cold are causing severe suffering and losi to the half-starved stock. The possibilities of a satisfactory wheat *Vop depend on the rainfall in"the nesff few weeks. In many districts there,**'browning off owiiijj to the drought, but the spring rains may bring the crops forward. The only hopeful feature is the marked diminution in the rabbit pest as a result of the droughty Jafs/txtensive operations of trapes, who are taking adroittage of tjjju high price of skins and the: deuiahd 'for carcases in view of the &h«t»jj» of meat.-AuiylU.CUiU Aaw.
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Taranaki Daily News, 2 August 1919, Page 5
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