N.S.W. WHEAT CROP.
EFFECT OF THE DROUGHT. ' By Telecranh—Press Association—OonyrieM (Reo. - September i, 9.30 p.m.) Sydney, September i. The official estimate 6tatcs that tho area under wheat for the current season is 14,000 acres more than in the previous season. The smallness of tho increase compared with the -big.advances of ,the three previous seasons is due to the long drought at sowing time. The later rains greatly improved tho position, and the prospects of a good average yield are most encouraging. -' Though the total wheat area shows only the increase mentioned above, the area planted in grain is 67,572 acres aboyo that of last year.
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1538, 6 September 1912, Page 5
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105N.S.W. WHEAT CROP. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1538, 6 September 1912, Page 5
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