THE CANTERBURY HARVEST.
' COCKSFOOT, OUTLOOK. ;' '.. IDT TBLECBAPJT.— SraCIAI. COttnESPONUKNT.)' ■ .'. Chrlstchurch, January 12. \ Harvesting is now in full , swing all over the Cheviot district. The crops are very.heavy ■ -but labour is very scarce. The total "area 'on 'Banks Peninsula : closed for cocksfoot' is.about tho same as last season, and the : 'yield is expected to bo; an, average ono. A .month ago an .exceedingly, poor. crop, was ex-'; pected, butjthe recent rains havo changed tho ; outlook, and, tho cocksfoot has now outgrown tho goose grass. Of course, a good 'deaF of fog has shot up, and in some paddocks tares are growing strongly. Cutting will not be.general for another fortnight; A 1 few, sales, have been effected at prices rang-.ing-from ojd, to 6d.:,per;lb., for forward delivery. ';; .■■ ;;■■. ■■.. ,: ; ■.;. ..;. '•
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 404, 13 January 1909, Page 5
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124THE CANTERBURY HARVEST. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 404, 13 January 1909, Page 5
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