POTATO PLANTING.
MORE HELPERS REQUIRED
■FOREMAN'S DAILY REPORT,
•The potato planting on'the Hnrbonr ( Reserve alongside the Esplanade, at •Wanganud East, proceeded vigorously /yesterday. Fifteen volunteers ■ rolled
up in .the morning, including three ladies, who. all worked like Trojans. '-'Ait acre-and-a"half were planted by hand, and another acre by the plough, ,T?hich was worked out by the statistician as equalling a row of potatoes sax and a half-miles long. Mesdames J. R. Sutherland and W. Willis kindly
-'provided morning and afternoon teas, 'and dinner was heartily partaken, of >at Mrg Sutherland's, nearby. The j planting goes on "to-day, when all who V^can assist will be welcomed. A few .'jtiore spades are wanted. To-morrow aFfennoftna great muster of young folk 1 enjoying Saturday afternoon holiday is •exnected to turn up, including yaung Jadies bringing a little "basket;'' It ,is'hoped to finish the planting to-mor-tfotr, provided a good muster turns up. 'The, work is .only three .mi» jite3' walk ifr.om the Dublin Street Bridge.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LX, Issue 17075, 31 August 1917, Page 6
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161POTATO PLANTING. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LX, Issue 17075, 31 August 1917, Page 6
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