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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 88, 8 January 1919, Page 8

In tho absence of business in the Oanmni market the talk is now of Uie coming harvest and its prospects, says tlic "Otngo Daily Times." The consensus of opinion is that, barring accidents:, the harvest will bo the best pnr■nered in North Otago for several years, am! a holiday rim through (he country confirms that impression. The change that has taken place in the appearance of cereal crops in all directions as n result of the rains that have been experienced since the middle of November is really Toroarltnblp. A couple of months iigo the outlook was far from promising, hqlh wheat and outs bcins threatened with failure, partial if iiot.lulal. But there has been a. great recovery and even on tho lighter lands and thc'uonrer soils Rood yields are now confidently anticipated. The area under wheat is Bomewliat less Hum (hut of last veur; but the deficiency in area will 110l 10 fiillc nompensnlrd l>y a bntter !ivern«o of yields, which ate likely to show an improvemont of live or six bushels per acre. Oats, which have l )CO n fullv i>3 widely sou-ii. will, on present appearances, do even better than this, for last year's average was poor, ami the incoming yields will, with few ejections be stood. ■ Potatoes are also looking well but the urea under crop is much bftlaw tiio average of former years.