PROSPECTS IN THE MANAWATU DISTRUCT.
Cheerful . accounts .are (says the " Mana* . *v^^ Daily, ~^mes/^^ ; *the/cqniifery districts ajs to theVgreat ilttpft)^f merit the" .present . ; 'VreatHer-'-' : ils !; ;'. feffesctiiig &Sfcfrin: 'stock, arid feed. J P^ddocts- " 'that have presented a dismal brown' for - months past are' putting on a green mantle riiost cheering to the hearts of farmers,' many of whom have been at their wits' ends to provide sufficient feed for their cattle during thewinter. The rains Ayhich have fallen will' exert a most beneficial influence, the past ■ winter having been a notoriously dry. one, the subsoil never having a chance to recover' from, the protracted drought of last summer. : Strange' as it may seem -at this season of theyear, settlers living on the outskirts of the town and dependent on the rain for their" water supply had, prior to the rain, commenced to experience a shortage.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 6284, 15 September 1898, Page 2
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