PLENTY F WHEAT..

Hokitika Guardian, 2 July 1927, Page 4

PLENTY F WHEAT..

FOR. NEXT SEASON. According to the Otago “Daily Times” there is a general opinion that plenty of wheat will he sown for next season. The exceptional yield this year of 38 bushels to the acre, with two-thirds of the threshings recounted for. is one reason of this probability, hut the prospect of a more stable protection through the taiiil. combined with indilfereut lamb export market, and the cheapening e. production costs on account cil t,ho increasing use of the tractor, are the main factors. Thirty-eight bushels Lo the acre at os del a bushel represent the' tidy return c! £!](! 9s an acre, and a very acceptable “kick in the eye in these clays of financial stress. An area of 402,C0:> acres has been sown in New Zealand before 10-day fin 1891), but on innumerable occasions well over 300.111)1) acres. This emphasises t,he fact that the Dominion can <|iiito comfortably provide ils own wheat requirements, as the improver v.:t -k: i:i eight bushels an acre on those of 30 years ago. At 31 bushels to the acre, the average ever the last decade. 2 75,” ki ■ ■ov would fully supply the country's re quire-menis - ’ bushels.