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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Aug 18, 1913
Page
8
The market shows little business with wheat and oats still held by growers. Net country station prices: Velvet 4s Red 8d. Tuscan 3s 63d. Oats A grade Gartons 2s 1d, B grade 2s 04d. Potatoes on trucks advanced to £2 17s 6d net, then fell to 60s and 46s. No speculative activity observed.
A lengthy rural report notes a resettler preparing to sow 300 acres with fodder after 30 acres sown previously. It cites expert warnings on pest risks, Maori land ownership under the Treaty of Waitangi, depopulation fears, and labor shortages. Dairy, herd feeding, and cattle costs are analyzed, with Mr Stevenson’s views on butterfat returns and farm viability. The piece also covers rising housing shortages in Oamaru and local tenancy trends.
A complete clearing sale is set for Methven on Wednesday August 20 1913 by the Farmers Co op Association of Canterbury Limited. Mrs Hannah McDrenor of Methven selling the farm offers 15 draught mares and geldings 450 sheep 260 ewes due and ready 10 milk cows 6 sows and stores 3 farm drays a four horse wagon and numerous implements including McCormick reapers and binders a Duncan drill roller and tractors plus vehicles chaff and seeds for sale.
Direct representatives of the Farmers in Canterbury outline properties they quote to prospective buyers. The clients are legitimate farmers seeking to sell only those parcels they desire.
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