CENTERBURY HARVESTS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 410, 20 January 1909, Page 8

CENTERBURY HARVESTS.

<■;' Vv":; V i; 7 vChristohurch, January 19. : . '■<A correspondent;: of;the !'Press" .-writes :— : ■■"An old:sef&fei"w'ho'laiide'd from the" , pilgrim ;ship: Cressy.;lin.iaasoyi.when, asked: if -M had; over known.' suehVar'sßason'as the' present one, ideclardd-.ne. hr.d;neyer-:before experienced in ; Canterbury.'so-manj'wetand stormy.:days in experience -,of.sbme': ; pe'psohs. been worse sea;spns..;.vi;ri:- 1865fqrii866othe crops had a rof;,it^.at; the Canterbury ■«irerag^i.fdf^wheat''waVjabpnV ; 2ot-busneJsVpsr ;acre~alt.that(time;:;'vlfcishbuld':be; recollected that, wheat; .was-th'en'grpwn-only -on- the ;best' ;of the.-larid,;.and;npi6ne:had thought;of plant-: ongrtheir props;uppn,Sthe light'. plains''land. v ' ; ;, ,' : ( ''ln.tlß6Bitheicharvest was protracted iid i.Tvas ;npt ;aU::;miVhen:,theV disastroui' nbods of • earfeFebraary,; ; :itfft&fwhole'^length; of: the• South Island,•carra.e^stooks:^'d-stacks-ihto the'. nvers/and«liitqred.:.th'e:-:beaches for miles OTth, the., crpps(frpm:;the,-inland.- The "year :'407,4-;'had^haa'.r-j;enFrunsettled' •;weather ■ m .J.W^TC^nd'^ ■Jevelled.,stPpks,Mand?.S!l;ahding,corn J covering: j, ,o{ ice splihters.'i iJweven 'thpusah:d!:.p.Dunds: was'the.' estimate! i-ttamageiim;;tMose>'two'districts alone : ' • The" .seaspn; 6f.,1881i:or;l882-:was v a very-bad : one for;grain..jiGetMngipriito'.the early. 'nineties the-crppsf.pf i.the , harvests-;were 'badly ■beateii J dpwn, yr and;,there-was'r/ereat deaj/bf . soft -grain': offered"! or? sale, ■ a "nd • kiln-dryihe Tyas ■attemptea-';'/; : jj^' : /;v:': ~, ,: v :'r- ; ■'.■ i ';. ;';'.'lt'_:is, ; 'inanyi v V.the: rainfall' of .vannary- has; beeniso.heavy;and the tempera-' ,ture so low-as'in .this season, ; .but the light ..wheat-crops-haye.:not..?uffered-,the heaviest ,and.;presumably.;:the-.'best";crpps haye r been Beaten; down.,"' These, are "quite 'on .| he .g^ n , : :, s >pe»;asd,npt much of tbegrairi has , ' b .e«i;:,shaken-frpm\the .ears.. It, is' still pos--I.?ibjef,9r;wes.e::pjt)p.s;to;;recover to-.a gre'at' hbt':weather' to ripen ; ■MVBhi hpleyer,:,;?, not. to 'be avoided." Abiinthe. existence of wheats w ™ cl l'S( re c', I S?,t : prppf i -;';,and:;tho season will. ■ :b -Ji?B-- in™;'Pr°minence the necessity for more and.the proper use ■offfungicides;!/^;,^::;.^/.'^'-: \-■'■■ : ; : v ■■, ;■ :v '£;'£ :"- : ;

~:;-lh€i outlook,-.'so' , far:as;,the weather is concenfed,. is;now;, much I '-. ■• lriore.' -hopeful,' the ■ storm of § last week' Having apparently, brought about': a' change-for:, the; ! better.' \A few fine days.•••will;enable'farmers.'to" get in:'some' l of :*K e "■JEtfafri.r r ßtiir"iii::stbokV^Rrid"'to"niakeia' start : usqn ,-The \biilk. of /the hay thatjhas in '•will bo considorably'depreciated ih.valuej'and grass seed;;is7eu're' '■ The ; -only .offerings:':in •■ the market: during the last feW .'days \ hare beenv grass- seed,-. but'it ■ waV 'either ■light' or-off •colour;--'. Until ■■'the-' new;-grain comes :'it does, not appear that ,thero will'.lie;^^i.b'iteine.ss. L ypinE'unjess-'millera ; 'ruS ■■ short;of^^/sf«cks|:as; : tho.•wheati be , delayed: '• longer), than i was .'. '"■. : ./:" ;