The special reporter of the Oamaru Times having visited a large portion of the wheatgrowing districts, states that he finds the quality of wheat in many places much superior to what he had been led to expect by the reports which have from time to time appeared. Should the weather continue favorable for harvesting, the quality generally will be equal to anything yet produced in the district, and moreover, as regards " yield," it will be muoh greater per acre than was at one tima expected, and the aggregate for the district much larger than in any previous year. The oat crop, although short in straw, seems also to be of much superior sample to that of last year, and evidences greater care in the selection of seed, the grain being of better description than hitherto grown. Barley, oi which but a small breadth has been sown, will be a light crop ; as to the quality there is not sufficient data to report, though there are grounds for fearing that it will not prove first-rate.
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Southland Times, Issue 1537, 13 February 1872, Page 1 (Supplement)
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