A HAPPY HARVEST.
After a ]<mg period of anxiety (saya the Djiiwdin Stiw), the farmers have 'had a happy harvest. One farmer sayr> lie was exactly four months a. tlio ingathering of the yields of hi;; fields. Hie got every tiling nn, however, and
finds prices' rather good.. His experience 'ha'S 'been, ooninVon in Qtago and •Sbut'blaind. The yields''have been exceptionally heavy, and there Hi as been little loss from the very 'bad weather. There is a strong demand from ■Australia 'and London for Xew ZeaOand: oatis, 'but very litt-lc business is 'being done with London owing tb a shortage of freight. The market prices for oats are good—2s 5-Jd- for A 'Ga'ritons and ,fnom. 2s lid to 2s 5d for B Gartens, f.0.b., sacks in. The wheat market is still firm. All things considered, the times are kind to agri'culturists.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10633, 11 May 1912, Page 4
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141A HAPPY HARVEST. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10633, 11 May 1912, Page 4
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