RECORD OAT CROPS
SOUTHLAND DISTRICT
(By Telegraph.) (Special to the "Eveninp Post.")
DUNEDIN, This Day,
Exceptionally heavy pat crops, believed to establish a record for New Zealand, have been obtained in Southland this season. In very many cases 80 bushels to the acre have been returned, while in not a few instances 100-bushel yields have been obtained In specially-favoured areas even higher yields are reported. One hundred and thirty bushels were harvested in one district. That is exceptional. .The average yield will be between 80 and 90 bushels.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 102, 3 May 1939, Page 9
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88RECORD OAT CROPS Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 102, 3 May 1939, Page 9
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