HARVEST PROSPECTS IN WAIKATO.

Waikato Times, Volume XXI, Issue 1778, 27 November 1883, Page 2

HARVEST PROSPECTS IN WAIKATO.

CoNMnr.itixi. tiic unaccount.ililo hcvcuty of tho weathei ioi the pa.st few weeks, whiclnnakcs people beho\ e themselves in tho middle ot winter instead of .spimg, Me expected to hear fiom all quarteis of the district accounts of oui hanest piospccts being t^enously iin])an i ed ; but we are glad to ha\e to say these account', have not been ho plentiful as we expected. In some places whole wheat has been m>wii on lowlying land, the hoa\ inos>s of tho ground has letaided, if not .iltogothur dustioyed its gnm th. But, coinp,u.itively speaking, the damage done in this respect is not so considerable sis miglit be thought. The oats almost eveiywheie look exceedingly healthy; indeed, they seem to ha\e thoroughly enjoyed the incessant satiuation of the past month, and in this line, theiefoie, we may expect an abundant harvest. Koi will the damage to the wheat ci op bo so con.sidei.ible if tho weather makes an immediate change tor the better, and wo lu\ c a few weeks fine weather. In some places the loot ciops do not piesent a healthy appeai.tnce, and do not pionn.se anything like a satisfsictoiy return. The acioage of wheat and oath in the distnct thib yeai is not much in excess of that last yeai ; in some places it is smaller, and in othei places lugei. Piobably nothing has suft'eiod nioie fioiu the offuets of the piesent bad weather than tho fiuit, Fiom all quartors we hcai complaints nuclei this head, and the fruit crop may therefore be expected to be unusually small.