BRITISH CEREAL OUTLOOK.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 462, 22 March 1909, Page 2

BRITISH CEREAL OUTLOOK.

11l .what is almost a prediction of a good'. cereal crop in Britain next season, _ tho, London "Times" of December li said: — "Reports from different parts of'tho country contimi'o to dilate lraon the abnormal nature of the season. Correspondents of all ages declare that they cannot recall an autumn equal to that of the present season for mildness and'productiveness. Farmers _ had abundant opportunity for sowing as ex- • tensive areas of wheat, beans, and catch crops as they desired, and as the work had been completed early last month tho -plants are now well above ground and present & healthy and thriving appearance. Thcro ia scarcely a discordant note in the comment" upon the winter corn and beans; and it the mild wcf.thcr continues much longei there will' bo a danger of wheat becoming what is termed winter proud, and in that event the turn of the year may witness a J revival of tho declining practice of running the flocks over tho wheat plant. In regard both to field work and the condition of tho winter cereals, tho present season contrasts pleasantly with last year; and with tho prices of grain maintaining a fairly nigii level, which is likely to bo continued throughout the cereal year, arable, farming presents a more reassuring complexion than it has for some time past'