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WOODBURY.

Thoorop»in this district; ora some of the moat backward yet viiited. Lying ao near 1» tbe hills no 3onbt m n meieuru accounts f>>r tbii. The bnlk of the grain gown is oale, and with a lew exceptions tbe crops are ve.-'y light. Thete ia a very good crop of wheat on tbe edtxtttioo reserve, owned by Messrs .4. McKenzie tmd J. Joe. Turnips m most oases are a iailarc, one farmer having had to sow a paddock three tiroes. Another, w"i»o bad sown sctns with pbonphntes, finds them coming on very well. The thriving atook m this nei|;hb<>rbood provea tbe rioboess, as jd inspection abows the oboodance, of the ford. Warm weafher is much wanted, and if this i» not soon experienced, some of the late crops will not be worth reaping. The altitude of this distrioi above tbo iiea does not apptar ?;reafc, bttt tie climato is vary different indeed rom that on tho copit j harvest is alwayii a good doitl later here, and n bad season lotrer down mean) a very bad one here.

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Timaru Herald, Volume XL, Issue 2919, 31 January 1884, Page 6

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WOODBURY. Timaru Herald, Volume XL, Issue 2919, 31 January 1884, Page 6

WOODBURY. Timaru Herald, Volume XL, Issue 2919, 31 January 1884, Page 6