GRAIN CROP ESTIMATES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 745, 18 February 1910, Page 10

GRAIN CROP ESTIMATES.

'£,?£;ff{: yX Criticism /of. jthe/Debartment..' estimates no .J'ne'jr ■ thing,' and: that rn ado at 'farmers''.-'' Union'.':'•' Executive ;is |Q.v/»tong/familia¥ ;££ : |>|::S'/!er^ gentleman' who- foUows; the.condition 'ffXti :"j'%s* ;: c ™ps '■•' » the jsb'nth'very /K/X; was perfectly satisfied /5..',?-'-".pP'ty'tW,7offib^-j.'fe(^ate'-'was;;'.'as; , ,aißci- i % '■;•■;■;'; (Sato ,i'as' it /was 'possible, to'-bbtain/atuthe S'fc fci f ime, / This-.was: bbrho'.but by: Mst.'year's. //:"/; '■ (figures,'.': made/lip vby * the Department on. The 'between; the. March estimate. ,* the actual yield, as shown'in- June S'rt/ ./•///■//;'::-' ////-// >K&K'V:;;'/;V;-/,^^^ Sy-'y/Wheat/,".1i'.'.;-v 33 bushels'■/i34.7s'bushels. 'K/;V;Oats;/> 46.46 bushels-a:;^-asariey bushels// 39,67, bushels fJ(-: ■! >/,!TheV.differences' 'eihibitedihere .could not - %!%'''?» called^out' :;/:' ;-^/.'tuat : bushels per if'//'./: acre/for-wheat.should : .be reduced by one-: </.&rX? *Mrd,/;be,,poph-p6bhed altogether.-.Eecent"l J-:///;.ladvicesi from' .a'; reliable,correspondent in : ;://;/:. (North'' Canterbury; thedistriotwhich had :?;■/'-// suffered .most;■: was/to the effect i that' the /•',/'.- .»verage-:there;'would'bb'vbetiveons : SO ; and ;;?;:///[3T. bushels.-;.••.There .was/no /doubt,/ in' -;? :; S';/-f^*' op™°n .of ■ this'- gentlema'n.'i.that the; /^W)/;. : f'*arrnersVin. tho'sOuth always 'took an :'uh-' » ; yield of:their' y.'':-//:/ *r<>PS,' and given ■ out ' were'; gen-' lately;:exceeded .when, the':'actual -!: : lAy, ''Tesolts xa'ine/ to'.-hand.-'i.',:' ; A-*- •■ -■■■'■' •,-'' ■':' '•'■

: j■ ;!'AD)png, v a the\farmirig'"'cbm-. 'iS?/Vi'-Wnmts; i the»JMemft^toVbe'' : ;a : ;'pErpetiial'affi' £ rear,;th a t''if /an'-' idsa'igqt? afirdad ;that ■' the; jnaryest ",va-s:gqod; or evonpassable* ~rices .;;V ' . 'w<niJS down. Tho dismal stories' told sthinss^ittl^in;ih«i .v * - v v with'-'the/octnar position' icnW, j. 'from •-long .'Exactly wKat; If appre-. l>einpi oveK o-pdfrafe/we&eriirig;* • "by; a? > : \ ;P° r "?iW crop: . The reports I •0f v \dainap^^crpj3s' < ,w«r6,■i- ;p^)«9^Vas' :too v liiffhlv-col-: i^;^q<tt^.^Fronv,.the .-'routh v tho i : was^ktiownV\tovbe ; ;'^o^ >the'jpoMtj6n;.v6uldV-tindoubi^y ; '- published' re-' pons would lead ope to believe Ono , .. < farmer' who had just travelled, over -Can-' ,north riehfc down Lait year theiDepart,weMf'': more ' ) v > 1 >realis6d, 5 and - the- February* figures' came very indeed to the final yield Ine chroiyc, pessimism of tho grain-;;-growers;waivVeli^oini;':i-:-s■-<■■ ■■■;<":$ 'Wj , •:>