CANTERBURY WHEAT CROP
DAMAGE ESTIMATED AT £SOO,ODD ONE-THIRD OF BARLEY CROP LOST [Per United Press Association.] CHRISTCHURCH, February 24. Damage to the Canterbury wheat crop caused by the recent rains is estimated at £500,000 by Mr H. E. West chief chemist of the Wheat Research Institute. This represents the drop in prices from the return which would have been received had the crop been sold for milling and the price which the grower will now get. It is also estimated that one-third of the barley crop has been lost. Mr West based his estimate on an area representing 4,000,000 bushels which were affected in some stocks which he examined yesterday. Sprouting had already commenced, and bakers could not use more than 1 per cent, of the sprouted grain in bread mixture.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ESD19360224.2.39
Bibliographic details
Evening Star, Issue 22271, 24 February 1936, Page 8
Word Count
131CANTERBURY WHEAT CROP Evening Star, Issue 22271, 24 February 1936, Page 8
Using This Item
Allied Press Ltd is the copyright owner for the Evening Star. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Allied Press Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in