TIMELY RAIN.

Waipawa Mail, Volume LI, Issue 36, 9 December 1929, Page 3

TIMELY RAIN.

SAVES SOUTHERN CROPS. CHRISTCHURCH, Saturday. “Reports received from all parts indicate that the recent rains have saved the situation throughout Canterbury,” said Mr R, M'Gillivray, field superintendent of the Department of Agriculture, “but 1 anticipate that the yield will *how a considerable decrease compared with last year. The average for Canterbury is about 344 bushels per acre, but as far as I can see it will hardly reach thirty bushels this season. This is due entirely to the adverse weather conditions.

“The oat crops have in many cases been more severely hit. The mangold crops have suffered worse than any of the other*. They were sown in plenty of time, but did not germinate until the recent rain came. There will be only moderate yields this year instead of the very heavy crops that Canterbury has produced. Potatoes in many parts, especially in North Canterbury, were hndlv frost-bitten on at least two occasions, and they were slow in recovering, partly because of the dryness of the soil. Since the rainfall, however, they have made quite a wonderful recovery. There seems to be a considerable increase this year in (lie area under potatoes.”