FARM AND DAIRY.
THE CROPS IN CANTERBURY Christehurcii, Jan. 22. The weather is now more settled, and harvest and thrashing operations are being pushed on. Farmers being busy, there have been but limited offerings of grain during the past few days. Algerians and heavy Duns are selling up to 3s at country stations, but quotation's for Gartons are not yet available. No (Samples of new wheat have yet been seen, hilt this week some thrashing will probably be done. There is no change in the grass seed market. Potato are beginning to inquire as to the prospects of the market,. but no forward sales are yet reported. The larger growers, it is" stated, have not planted as many as last year, hilt in and arounft Christchureh there is an unusually large number of small plots. In almost every garden potatoes were planted this season, and the crops are doing weil, except in a few instances, where the tops were destroyed by green fly. These home supplies are likely to lffect the local market for. some months. Crops planted in the parks for patriotic purposes are looking remarkably well
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Taranaki Daily News, 25 January 1918, Page 7
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188FARM AND DAIRY. Taranaki Daily News, 25 January 1918, Page 7
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