SOUTHERN CROPS.
In'his'address ai the annual meeting of the Canterbury. A. and P. Association,' tho.'re-! tiring President, referring to the dry season, said .tho:- partial failure 'of ,tho. turnip crop . would be soverely felt. On' the. other hand, early-sown crops, more especially wheat, barley,, and grass had given splendid results, and on fully two-thirds of tho. heavy lands the jneld. woiild 'be'"-over .'forty.' tash-ols 'pe;?. acre/The ideal weather experienced during harvest had enabled the - agriculturist'.'fco' get in his crops in record tirrioj' nt' a minimum., cost, ( in tho best possible 00-ndition, and,with'' littlo anxiety. ' He ventured' 1 to say-that "tho wheat grown this season m tho South Island.! was auperior in quality to any yet produced there.- - 1 '-■v.;'.'-
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 148, 17 March 1908, Page 2
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119SOUTHERN CROPS. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 148, 17 March 1908, Page 2
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