Australia's Wheat

Tuapeka Times, Volume XLV, Issue 6136, 11 February 1914, Page 1

Australia's Wheat

DISAPPOINTING iIETUKNS. ADELAIDE, February 5. The revised official forecast of the wheat yield says that 1ti,505,D40 bushels have been reaped, an average of ti.iS bushels per acre. The crop was severely affected by the hot winds in early December. The season's grain returns is the smallest since 1904-5. '■ NEW SOUTE WALES CltOi'S. SYDNEY, February 5. The yield af many wheat crops ia proving smaller than anticipated. A peculiar feature ia that the two ends of the ears are largely unfilled. This is supposed to be due to unfavourable climatic conditions during the time of earing.