HAWKE’S BAY CROPPING
From, contact jyith those engaged in the seed and produce trade, supplemented by observations, I'.find Hawkes Bay to be a considerable cropping province; that is, on North Island standards. One firm alone spoke of handling £oO,OUU worth of rye-seed. I gather, too, that the bay grows more rape than the rest of the North Island. Not much prospect is seen for wheat. One merchant told of having but one inquiry for seed. But oats and barley are grown in fair measure, with a twofold purjju.se. 'Winter gta’zing is valued and the crop also. Few swedes are now grown, these roots having been supplanted by the safer chou inouiller. ' Although cash crops of grain are not greatly grown to-day, they _ do provide farmers of this province with another string to their bow in case of need. Theirs is normally a fine harvesting season, unlike that of the western districts and those farther north.
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Dominion, Volume 31, Issue 242, 9 July 1938, Page 7 (Supplement)
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155HAWKE’S BAY CROPPING Dominion, Volume 31, Issue 242, 9 July 1938, Page 7 (Supplement)
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