UNSATISFACTORY WEATHER
Effect On Season’s Crops
All crops In the district suffered as a result of the unsatisfactory weather during the season, said the chairman (Mr S. M. Wilson) in his annual report to the annual conference of the agriculture section of North Canterbury Federated Farmers yesterday. Feed for stock was short, very little hay was made, and areas closed for seed harvest were small. Wheat yields were down considerably; estimates of a 20 per cent, drop on last season's averages had been advanced.
Advice to wheatgrowers to delay the sowing of crops to lessen the risk of attack by yellow dwarf virus was accepted by many with very adverse results. “It is most important that we harvest and deliver our wheat in good condition. Insufficient care in threshing is the cause of many rejections and delay in acceptance by miller*,’* he aald.
The gin industry was now a reality and its annual requirements of 3000 acres of good-quality barley would be of considerable value to growers. The chairman, Mr Wilson, and the vice-chairman (Mr J. F. N. Twose) were reelected by the conference.
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Press, Volume CI, Issue 29820, 12 May 1962, Page 18
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