N.S.W. WHEAT DAMAGED BY RAIN
iiYDNLV. De\ 3. More heavy rain over l"iw Smith Wales has caused •oad and rail wnshouts and has delayml aircralt. It is daily increasing the daniuge to tlie reeord Kew Soutli Wales wheat crop. Big areas oi wheat, greeu and golden a few days ago, are now blark witli rnst. Although the Mtatc harvest, wriginally estinuiled to be 12U.ni(i,00(i bufchels, is not expected to 1'all inncli below 115,000,000 bushels, continued rain is serioiisly ■afl'ectiug Ihe qualitv as well as spreading rnst. Experts believe that a large proportion oi the wheat crop will now produce grain below standard.
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Chronicle (Levin), 4 December 1947, Page 6
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