Potato Crops
THEBE are exceptions .to the i'uiriy * general ip.le .of potato crops in C'anL.oiUii.iy this season. Digging j.s uyw iii full swing th rough■ onHl.; ('inn le.uay. jlia.lke.U, and Slieffield districts.' 'pie pc.ipagc does not appear to be huge, but the yields tiro turning out well ami the potatoes are sound.
A heavy proportion of taW.es may result in :i position forecast soiy.o weeks pgo—a scarcity of seed (Aid consequently high prices. The possibility of the Australia. ll Ambfvgo bping lifted. if not relaxed, is j,i.ke,ly to give more attention -to t he acreage sown, alt hough it requ.ir.es some Megrim of optimism .to regard tin Australian outlet as likely iiu.de r present coutiitiuns. An outlet is only l.ikcly to e.otiie about when potatoes fu ..Sydney arc on till! way ,to the .same ,pr,ic.e as,oranges—which actually has occurred—and the absence of tin embargo will be very welcome as [nviag the way .tor .export should Veit a development take place. I-ress.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19030, 2 June 1936, Page 10
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161Potato Crops Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19030, 2 June 1936, Page 10
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