THE CROPS.

Otago Witness, Issue 1480, 27 March 1880, Page 6

THE CROPS.

A somewhat unusual spectacle may bo wiN ne-^el at Waltopfkft just now (remark* the Clutba L^aciei). On the same property the torso imporianfc operations of stacking, threshiug, and milling this season's grain are baing carried ou simultaneously.

The MaSaara Easigu, referring to the crops nays :— " Threshing wan 'commenced in a paddock on the Aecicuifcur&l Company' j Estate oa Tuesday, tht>9ii inst. Mr Joim Oiegan, the operator on the occasion, has since threshed several snaall lots oi os*ts for uattlen waideni near G-oro Thy raaulis hava been very fair, averaging from 80 t'j 40 bushels per acre, lv the For UM«e district harvesting operations are co»sidtr.sbl>' behind tho->e of any other dtntriofc hereabouts. At the beginning of this week we observed a large quantity of the crop still unhoused, aud even many patches yet unout. It. may be anticipated, however, that the farmers of the neighbourhood will vie every tffurfc to gather in the crop ere ac-asonably inclement weather prevents or retards their work."

Since our last issue (says the, Tapanui Courier) r*in has fallen in cuuftiderablo quantities in buj».6 parle of tho district, and harvest operations havo iv consequence been somewhat retarded.

Last night (says Saturday's North Otago Times) wo wtsro shown a somewhat extraordiaary object in tho form of ft perfectly wholesome kidney shaped potato, 14 inches in length, and weighing 31bs fall but 2oz. This large tuber wag was grown oa Mr S\ Collis' Fortification Farm, near Totara.