STOCK AND CROPS IN ELLESMERE HAVE NEVER LOOKED BETTER.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 18012, 24 November 1926, Page 12

STOCK AND CROPS IN ELLESMERE HAVE NEVER LOOKED BETTER.

Green hills and plains, upstanding crops and well-conditioned stock fill the vision of the traveller through the Ellesmere district. The country has never looked better, and if all goes well the farmers and pastoralists of this part of Canterbury should contribute creditably to the productive wealth of the Dominion. Yesterday all roads in Ellesmere led to Little River, where the Peninsula A. and P. Show was held. Motorists —and there were hundreds of them—found the roads from Christchurch somewhat trying. Where it was not dusty there was loose shingle, and where there was not loose shingle there was dust. Corrugations were plentiful, and riding was not unalloyed pleasure. However, it was a glorious day, and if the sheltered valley at Little River was a trifle warm no one objected very much. There was a fine attendance, and the show offered an infinite variety of attractions. All along the road it was evident that the country was in great heart. Shearing appeared to have been carried through expeditiously, in spite of the wet weather of last week. Round about Lake Forsyth, Little River and Tai Tapu and intervening districts the country was a picture of pastoral perfection.