CANTERBURY AGRICULTURAL NEWS.
(Fbom Oub Own Cobbbspondbnt.) Chris tchubgh, January 14. The rains that have fallen during the last fortnight have done little good to any but the latest grain crops, butjiave been of the greatest benefit to roots and grass. Harvesting is in full swing, and the outcome of the . season's grain cultivation is beginning to be calculable. Taking the worst first, much of the grain on the country exposed to the high winds hag no kernel whatever, and where not simply relegated for feeding off will scarcely be worth harvesting. Lands where the wind has not been felfe are generally carrying moderate crops, and in some favoured localities two-thirds of an average crop may be reached. The high winds have blown away late sown turnip?, rape, &c, aud though these have been resown they will require theraosb favourable conditions to bring them in for Jute autumn feed. The outlook is bad all rouud for farmers, croppers, and labourer?, and already the most gloomy apprehensions are formed for tho coming winter.
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Otago Witness, Issue 1926, 15 January 1891, Page 20
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