RYE AND CRESTED DOGSTAIL.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1472, 21 June 1912, Page 8

RYE AND CRESTED DOGSTAIL.

SOME EEMAR-KABLE FIGURES.

In connection with the rye and crested dogsfail harvest, some exceedingly ■ fine yields have been obtained, and i'armors who put down big areas in.these grasses scored heavily, says the Feilding correspondent of the "U'anganui Chronicle." Last, year, it is stated, merchants entered freely in competition with each other for the next season's yield, ami contracts were arranged by them ,lo pay Old. per lb. No restriction was put oil the output, and farmers recognising the fart that a good income was assured from the proposition, largely increased their cropping areas, and thousands of bushels above the usual demand were put through the seed-cleaning machines. As a result of the. buying forward system and consequent over-production, the merchants have been hit, and no doubt thev will have to write down considerably. The farmers who took advantage of the exceptional otters made to them have had their finances greatly improved, and the correspondent in question says ho has it on very reliable authority that several who obtained big yields of seed scored in a remarkable manner. One Sandon farmer put down 150 acres in dogstail, his yield being equivalent to .£l7 per acre, or an aggregate value of C22.'>n. Another won iiiOi) worth of «ecd from 5G acres, and a Mount' Stewart tanner reaped 2(i tons of seed oft 23(1 acres. I'eiug worth' over ,£SB per lon, the output brought him in over .£2:100, while hj> rve produced about ,£4OOO. "II: will bp seen that Sandon farmers luivo no reason to complain of the manlier in which thev have been treated for their seed harvests of 1012.

"A flow of words is no proof of wisdom." but it is a positive fncl that the flow of whey which takes place when ehecso i'nctory managers use "Victor" Vats lends to the improvement of the cheese, ("nil particulars and copies of testimonials from the maker, A. ,1. Parton, Kegisteral Plumber, Carterton.