R.S.W. HARVEST ESTIMATES.
Stdrey, December 18
The official returns of estimate of the ■wheat harvest are that the yield will be 7,435,000 bushels, being an average of 9*B. The area under crop has increased by 187,000 acres compared with the previous year. The hope of a bountiful harvest has been upset by the prolonged dry weather in September and October, and although there are splendid crops in many places the great wheat growing area 3 give only moderate results. The requirements of the colony are computed at a million and a quarter bushels for seed, and seven million four hundred and thirty-five thousand for food.
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Colonist, Volume XL, Issue 8745, 19 December 1896, Page 3
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