THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS.
— o— Our North Canterbury correspondent writes : — The past week of intensely hot weather has left its mark in North Canterbury. On the plains and downs the crops have been ripening altogether too rapidly for their well-being, and the harvesting of the oats is now pretty general. A few paddocks of wheat have also been cut, and most of the early sown croj-S aro changing colour. On the heavy rich soil of the'lowlands the crops are holding out wonderfully well and feed is yet fairly plentiful. On the plains and hills, however, the pasturage is completely dried up, and unless rain soon comes to start a fresh growth it will be a poor look-out for the live stock. Beans, peas, turnips and the potatoes are beginning to flag, and some crops of the latter are a failure, the tops having gone off before the tubers were properly formed. Altogether, the outlook to a majority of the farmers in the district continues the, reverse of heartening.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 5769, 13 January 1897, Page 4
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