VARIABLE CLIMATE

Grey River Argus, 27 May 1938, Page 7

VARIABLE CLIMATE

CONDITIONS IN AUSTRALIA. Some remarkable contrasts in seasonal and climatic conditions in various parts of Australia are reveamd in the latest reports from the country districts of the six States. In Victoria general rain would be beneficial in almost all parts, a position which is not uncommon at this time nf the year, but the outlook is not as serious as in New South Wales. While drought conditions are not so ruinous in their effects as before the days of irrigation, improved water storages, fodder reserves and knowledge of the best use of supplementary feed, the confitions in New South Wales, unfortunately, are undermining the prosperity of many thousands of farmers, and next season’s production will be largely reduced. In Queensland the drought is most severe towards the south-west, where only scattered rain oi little value has been experienced in recent months. West Australia has been greatly benefited by excellent rains throughout the wheat-growing areas, and in South Australia the State has seldom entered the winter months with its pastoral conditions more favourable or with the prospects of the wheat harvest more promising. In Tasmania, too, the conditions are good, in fact the best for a number of years.