The Australian Harvest.
» . (Per Press Association). Stubby, Nov. 25. It is stated that according to present appearances it may hardly be counted upon that the four colonies — Queensland, New South Wales, South Australia, and Victoria— this harvest will secure between them sixteen million bushels of wheat, which is ten and a half million bushels less than last year, while their consumption as food and Seed cannot be leas than twenty-one million bushels, tfhis points to their having to import at least five million bushels from the West Coast of America, and beyond that West Australia and Tasmania will probably need additional supplies. Adelaide, This Day. The Register, commenting on the shortness of the harvest, says with California and India so readily available, to importers any attempt to corner Australian wheat will be a risky proceeding. The price at. which these foreign wheats can be landed is likely to rule the price locally. At the same time it will probably be " a dear loaf year," and farmers will, to a great extent, be compensated for poor crops by enhanced values.
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Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 126, 26 November 1895, Page 2
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179The Australian Harvest. Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 126, 26 November 1895, Page 2
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