THE WHEAT CROP
DAMAGED BY FROST IN CANTERBURY,. A good deal of evidence is coming in. now (says a Christchurch paper) that a considerable area of wheat has been badly damaged by the frost which occurred at the end of last month. The chief areas whioh appear to be affected are the Southhridge, Ellesmere, Dunsandel districts, and certain areas in North Canterbury,' and though the damage done is not so extensive, ap'parently, as that caused by the frost in- November, 1915, yet it is severe enough, and will appreciably affect the yield of some thousands of acres. To show that wheat-growing is not the certain moneyi-making occupation which it is thought to he by some people, a farmeri who lives about 14 miles from Christchurch brought in a sample of wheat heads a day or so ago, which are" absolutely empty, owing to the frost effects. He states that he skim ploughed the land on which it was grown, out of grass, cultivated it elaborately, sowed !•} bushels of seed, and ljowt. of manure to the acre, and the whole of his time and money had been absolutely wasted.
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2964, 30 December 1916, Page 10
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188THE WHEAT CROP Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2964, 30 December 1916, Page 10
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