The Evening Mail WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE NEW ZEALAND AGRICULTURIST. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1879.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 882, 12 February 1879, Page 2

The Evening Mail WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE NEW ZEALAND AGRICULTURIST. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1879.

Two Ltwns of cablegraphic imjws- from ~\ tiHtfivlitt tw pregnant with »pe.eiat interest to the grain-growers of this district andNow Zeahuid. Ws allude to the information tognrding fch« disastrous tires and the rust iuf the crops in Victoria We would not wonder if th« Victorian farmers, what •with tire on- the one hand and rust on the urtuiv, will have but tittle tuft with which to snpply the Victorian market, and Victorian consumers will.. therefore, have to seek further afield for their supplies. Whilst wo ate sure that there will be general sympathy for the Victorian fanner* in their trouble, the farmers of this Colony ft* nil event* will have cause to rejoice because the tosse* of their brethren on th» other side of the water will probably be their gain. The graingrowers of that part of this Co tony that has been brtety visited by parching nor'wester*, to the destruction of the crops, the growth of which a* they rose inch by inch had been jealously watched because in many distrkt* they were to be the mainstay of thai* owners, have but tittle left; and if the grain market should, by some fortuitous circumstance, riKw, they will obtain such prices for that l;il.tl«' as will enable them the better to IvfW up under their trial. There slum tit bo a fellow feeting existing between the unfortunate grain growers of Victoria and TSvvr Zealand at this time, for the tosses stiflwred by thos« of both colonies wttl do nuidfc to give prices * decidedly upward tendeaey. Wheat in Adelaid* i» realising a good price (to 7|d per bushel, oats 4« 2d to <te 3d per bnshet) and now that th» destruction, of Victorian crop* has occurred we would »»t be surprised if the prices rapidly rose to 8s r *nd even beyond that figure. Wheat in Victoria is now: at Is 7d to -fe 8d per bushel,, and oats are at ::,i (VI to "» Hd. tt is evident that with the Kldition-of the Victorian in»port duty of liivepetwe per bushel on oats* and sey«npence <m wheat, Adelaide will not be a&W to serve Vkfiurittae advantageously a* we

sha& It will, therefore, be seen that the grain growers of this district and other parts of the Colony will be able to make op any Victorian deficiency, notwithstanding fiacal restrictions, at prices that will be aKkc advantageous to cor grain growers and the consumers of Victoria. Th«r» is every reason why the farmers of this district should take heart. Prices may commence low this season, bnt they wiß for a certainty rise; money will become more plentiful here, as it is becoming more plentiful at Home; the banks will assume their old liberality, and farmers will find themselves at the end of the season in a better position than they anticipated would lie their lot.