SAVED BY RAIN
CANTERBURY CROPS
DECREASE IN YIELD FORECASTED
(By Telegraph.)
(Special to "The Evening Post.")
CHKISTCHURCH, This Day. " Reports received from all parts indicate that the recent rains havo saved the situation throughout Canterbury," said Mr. E. M'Gillivray, field superindendent of the Department of Agriculture, "but I anticipate that the yield will show a considerable decrease compared with last year. The average for Canterbury is about 34* bushels per acre, but as far as I can see it will hardly reach thirty bushels this season. This is duo entirely to the adverse weather conditions.
"The oat crops have in many cases been more severly hit. The mangold crops have suffered worse than any of the others. They wero sown in plenty of time, but did not germinate until the recent rain came. There will be 0"ly moderate yields this year instead of the very heavy crops .that Canterbury has produced. Potatoes in many parts, especially in North Canterbury, were badly frost-bitten on at least two occasions, and they were slow in recovering, partly because of tho dryness oi tho soil. Since the rainfall however, they have made quite a wonderiul recovery. There seems to be a considerable increase this year in the area under potatoes."
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Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 137, 6 December 1929, Page 10
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206SAVED BY RAIN Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 137, 6 December 1929, Page 10
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