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I CANTERBURY CEREAL CROPS. LIGHTER THAN USUAL. So far the yields, as revealed- by stook threshing, have been anything but good (says the "Press.") Winter-sown crops on land that had been specially prepared grew a large amount of'straw, but the grain is not turning out at all well to the bulk. At least ten bushels an acre is the shortage in these crops according to the bulk of the stuff handled. The sample is small, but is thin in the skin and of good quality. Spring crops are also turning out badly, but they are better in proportion, as far as seen, than the winter-sown crops. The straw is shorter, and the crops are thinner, but the yield to the bulk is greater than in the heavier-strawed crops. Perhaps the result may not be the same in all districts. Oats will be scarce. Potatoes are so far free from blight, but second growth has set in among the earlier crops. Early frosts and wind have played up with some of the potato crops, an<l in some cases, where the tops were practically killed, a. fresh growth may be seen, betokening the presence of second growth in a. severe form.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVIII, Issue XLVIII, 11 March 1913, Page 6
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