AGRICULTURAL PROSPECTS IN ENGLAND.
j.V coTiiacsroxuENT writing under date 'the h'Jtu June, says ;—‘‘Our harvest i this year will be late, owing- to the I very cold weather we have had up to jthisdate. Wind N.E. Thermometer jas low as 47 deg, at night, and in the jshade from 55 to (35 by day. The ,crops are much in want of rain. :.Sheep-food scarce, and trade dull. , Wool lower, and with little demand | Wheat is firm at from 3ds. to 345. 1 ;cr IS stone. Or. :, Is. 3d. per stone. : El ur, its. 9.1. per stone. It is a neautiful hay time, and hands on a fain get I Is. per week, but most of them are doing piece-work. Then- . ~e iarnn.-is who are leeuing then i a. i tie, horses, and pigs on corn, in nopes t.d producing a good crop fifteen '■ -lioialis in.uce, aad tnis on a yearly ; ' cnancy. Land Ims to be farmed to : hat extent, in order to produce a a p. A stronger stimulant must be , p ren taca war !u it, when, if the , ■ .aatrer prove fa\ • 'fable, a good reitem is obtained, if not, the loss is !heavy.
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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume XII, Issue 506, 5 September 1867, Page 2
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195AGRICULTURAL PROSPECTS IN ENGLAND. Hawke's Bay Times, Volume XII, Issue 506, 5 September 1867, Page 2
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