THE PRICE OF WHEAT.
PROSPECTS FOR NEXT SEASON. USE OF MANURE ADVISED. In view of the fact that many farmers are doubtful about sowing wheat this year, a local merchant says it is advisable to point out that in all probability the price of wheat ior next season will be about 4s 6d a bushel. If a farmer obtains a fair yield, tins is undoubtedly a better proposition than any other form of primary inLocal merchants report that many tanners are sowing wheat without manure. This is a big gamble, and they point out that if a tanner could <ret credit for fertiliser he would be well advised to obtain it. It had been demonstrated last season that crops sown with manure came on much more quickly and healthily than those sown without. Unfortunately the northwest weather at a critical period shrivelled a lot of the gram.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 51, Issue 174, 7 May 1931, Page 6
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147THE PRICE OF WHEAT. Ashburton Guardian, Volume 51, Issue 174, 7 May 1931, Page 6
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