HARVESTS OF THE SOUTH.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 738, 10 February 1910, Page 4

HARVESTS OF THE SOUTH.

y vK ciNTEEBtrET .ceop's; ; .y ; ; ■ (By TeleErabh.—Preos Association.) .

■■■■■;•"• '■■■■:■' Christchurch, February.9.' '. Durin'g'the week there-has been>,-great, change in-the- weathcr;;coiidibons,per r ;;.. sistent;rain;:giving^wayvto • warn, sun-..-;.; -shine and:dryingwinds,:-.the result being,.... that grain ''An< stook' has -dried rapidly,;,-.' ■and. the work -of gathering.has_ been, con-.; ',.; tinued: without intermission' Since:. Ihe ■,-; ; :: conditioh of. the.grain is reported..to have .-,'■ improved greatly 6ince the rain, and: now : it' is. not anticipated;'that; the "damage:;. - will 'b'e'as widespread.:, as .was' at," - time', feared. • A- considerable .amount of: ■ work'- has "yet to ,be;..done,, .but '.given,;; another fortnight of favourable weather,. ; .- hot aigrent-amount of stuff, will be;left ungathered -in the: northern part, of [■ the ;, ■ province;--The amount of grain placed on . : offer- during last- week ..has been,- com-:,:, ; parativoly small,'but for, offerings there ;; has been .a^ 'ready sa|o, samples in,sound..■,;.-. condition commanding ■ good .competition, ■■. and prices ranging-from-4s.v to. 4s. vld.;:. on'trucks at. country..stahons ; j,v These prices: are -not fixed, on.-.Englisb values, --. but on local requirements, .lt.is'.fair,.- • to assume that, they,will'.be,maintained.:-, only as long as thp: demand-.exists.'Farm-;:; ers have been , -ready-,sellefsj .but':tner-...'..".' have not 'shown..any;: disposition to v "operate , ' freely, .beinjj, dubious; asv to. ;■; the condition of.-the grain...Oats are;.not';.:' coming -forward, in largo ..quantities; .the , ;.- " samples: shown, duriric; the week'have been :- fairly good-in' quality, not-.having".been. ■■: damaged -by the weather to nearly the.::, oxtont anticipated.' sonie. time ago. ■ Manj crops! threshed: have -.yielded. , ;unsatisfac- .-' torily, tho return per. acre:"being disappointingly,, low,; while'samples, have ;; . . variably been light'....-.-:■" ■:■■*■;-:,'■■ '-V.!' '.'■',: ~'