CROPS IN NEW ZEALAND.
MUCH BELOW THE ESTIMATES.
WKrj.iNQTQN, March 21, Further statistics have been prepared by the Agricultural Department regarding crops in New Zealand. It is pointed out that the threshing of grain crops, so far as it has progressed, has produced yields still more disappointing than those which were reported a month ago, and a further reduction in the estimates has to be made. Many crops have ~~~ yielded, on threshing 25 to 5© per cent, less than was indicated by their appearance when stacked. The cause of the deficiency is the dry weather and high winds which prevailed in December, and caused injuries and prevented the heads from filling. Damage in a minor degree was caused by the caterpillars and small birds, Hessian fly, and rust. Probably the shortage vyill tye slightly modified by the results of threshing which remains tq tje done, the present estimate being necessarily based on partial tqrus. Thp main potato crop is* abundant, bqt disease lately has spread widely, The situation re? garding pastures, and fodder aqd root crops, is generally satisfactory, though enemies of turnips have appeared in some districts.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 817, 22 March 1910, Page 2
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188CROPS IN NEW ZEALAND. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 817, 22 March 1910, Page 2
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