FARM & COMMERCIAL
THE CROPS IN CANTERBURY By Telegraph—Press Association. Chrlstchuroh, January 22. The weather is now more settled, and harvest and thrashing operations 'are being pushed on. Farmers being b\i6v, there have been but limited offerings of grain during the past few days. Algerians and heavy -Duns are selling up to 3s. at country stations, but quotations for Gartons are not yet available. No samples of new wheat havi' yet been seen, but this week some thrashing will probably be dono. There is no change in the grass seed market. Potato growers are beginning to inquire as to the prospects of the market, but no forward sales are yet reported. The larger growers, it is sta'xed, have not planted as many as last' year, but in and around Christchuvc'i there is an unusually large number of small plots. In almost cff.ry . garden potatoes were planted tb/s season, and the crops are doing wall, except in a.few instances, where the tops were destroyed by grecu fly. Thoie home supplies are likely to affect the local-market for some months. Crops planted.in the parks for patriotic purposes are looking remarkably well.
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 102, 23 January 1918, Page 8
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188FARM & COMMERCIAL Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 102, 23 January 1918, Page 8
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