According to general opinion dairy-, ing is miles ahead of agricultural farming, sa far as cash returns per acre. H° wever > with the present price of good chaff it Bcems possible that'the cow may be badly beaten by the oat Crop. An average crop of chaff runs about two tons per acre in weight and at current values this amounts to some £3O per acre. In the past Waikato oat crops have weighed quite four tons per acre and it seems possible (hot some crops may this season return .€SO per ■era'* to the fortunate growers.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume XII, Issue 1133, 5 November 1918, Page 4
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96Page 4 Advertisements Column 4 King Country Chronicle, Volume XII, Issue 1133, 5 November 1918, Page 4
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