The Crops.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXI, Issue 5896, 23 February 1903, Page 2

The Crops.

In the Wakanui district the crops this year are a perfect picture, and heavy all over the district. Cutting is general on some farms, while on others the crops are still standing, m some casea quite ripe and I m others nearly so. Towards the beach, I the oat and wheat paddocks are quite ripe, and the yields should be very satisfactory to the growers. Mr D. Doak has just commenced cutting a fine crop of wheat. Mr D. Leddy has a large amount of his crop m Btook, and is busy cutting the rest. Most of the crop is wheat, very heavy m the heads, and without spot or blemish. Mr James.. Coohrane has commenced cutting his outs first, which are now ready for the reaper. The small birds are, as usual, playing havoc among the oats which causes no end of annoyance to the farmers. The remainder of the crop on the latter farm is very healthy looking. Mr Sara. Brown's crop will be all down m a day or two, comprising oats and wheat, of excellent sample and growth. To those admirers of a really excellent crop, the one near the road opposite Mr Murphy's, and m a large paddock belonging to Mr John Brown, cannot fail to attract the attention of travellers by road. It is an exceedingly heavy crop of wheat, fully matured, and ready for cutting. The crop is so thick that an ordinary sized individual would be almost lost sight of when standing m it. The owner need not despair of the return he is likely to get, for its excellence is an undoubted security of the threshing average. Some heavy crops are noticeable on Mr Bonifant's farm, where the reaper is busy at work. The whole of the crop is on the-heavy side, and is more than up to the best average which this part of the Ashburton county has been famous for every since the land was broken up for cropping. Mr Peter Chalmers still keeps up his old reputation for growing .good crops. This season his crop acreage is larger than usual. The wheat area looks prime, and the crop full. He will be cutting m a few days. . Unfortunately for him, the bird nuisance is proving very troublesome. In one paddock near the road the wheat heads are completely stripped for about half a chain out from the fence.