CROP PROSPECTS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 722, 22 January 1910, Page 10

CROP PROSPECTS.

;;^;'^;PTAGO ; ;^DjspuiHI I iKD/Si?^ ;; J \ : ':py/; | Td^'erijpliijP.rMa^3a'O(ja^ -. r : v : " yr'JVi'i.;: I ,! . ; .?! 21 ■■v r i ■.:!Me^po;i)aily,Mr^^ s '^-*B^*?wifcSouthlaM ; iM l 3^WloOT;r3Jai!«^i3J4t^Wirj<-A■ i : ':■, ■■ '■>:■■ ■t , 1 ? 01 ''^ -Kwriit asoVagainst f.»W,sais6ii.v The:«stimated' yield':is. I Wsm, .Mraslielsv Mint".' that • is ' : - ba&d ? on 1 condiUbteipribr, to : : : D6comber.;. 10,. since , i.wjterijyjs; xfeather,ili'as:. :r npt-'been favour-' year's lyfeld' •was l-.vba.OWrbushels: .'The.- market isJei- 1 pected to.'open,'at ;3i. lid.'or ;isi : grade; equal* to 3s.!\Bd.: .tp.;:3s.'-. 9d;;:on /trucks -at >railwayy r Oki%-r-The ; ; :178,000 ": is:.'against~lß4iß32 «last vyear.. vXast' year's' jrield-fwas ■'■) and'.-; this' y.oar's. «taaited:yield'.isS,l(S3,ooo bnsh«ls,-. 'bufcltoAwUV-npfcbe.'tealised. -,: The. average 'yiild. in.tEe.Oßmatu-.diefrict : is',ex-' bected:-to:be-35 bushels pc'r-a'cre,:and ;: in ,Otago": and" Southland' 40'.. to is - bushels' oil , acre.;. v AThe;pi)eDinf /.prices l will 'probably' per'fi v grade' "and :.ls.-;9d. : . fo? A' ; grade spaTTowbills, 1 ; lßi'-vipd.'; : {6r;A; : grade l gartons.v. ; .Tiese.:are subject::! to:'mediuin'j;3d.' .per bushel^on tricksc at i railway.;sidinge. .'■ !■',--.--:-.'. ■"-'■;.';: - i, Turnips.—The; area.: of .-.turnipe eowi this Mar£i6: ; as,sso;:Mr«s,v;;ks; -against ,530,636, orbp,is now ''"Pbtatoe&-7rThe-area : sown in : potatoos'is 30,600.; aoKis,'.Va^ ; ; against i2?,919.. acres '■: last ;'i 7'EyegTass. 7 : -The; aieV' js'pwnT,in ryegrass ;is sG,sso;_acres,-as. : against : ; 50,126 last year." . r in ' barloy■•this year'is 41,500. acres," is': against -18,853 last ■yeM.V;Vi'.-'.v,i , V- .:.,.::'•■.'■.'•' •"• ■;:>■>.•'•.■•••■ •/. V ; -/.- : ! ':■■:■'■;'