BRITISH CROPS
LONDON, July 19. The Times crop report states that to July 1 the cold, wet, and prolonged winter, with the protracted drought and cold nights later, caused the crops to fall below the yield for the previous decade. The averages, as compared with the decade figures, are : —Wheat, 91 7-10 per cent.; barley, 80 6-10; oats, 73 6-10 ; beans, 84^-; potatoes, 87.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3201, 21 July 1915, Page 24
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64BRITISH CROPS Otago Witness, Issue 3201, 21 July 1915, Page 24
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