PROSPECTS FOR WHEAT.
THE SOUTHERN OUTDOOR. '{By Telegraph—Press Association.) TIMAETJ, last "Night. Mr J. Talbot, chairman of the Tim--aini branch of the Farmers' Union, in 'his-annual statement, -puts the aver.age wheat yield of this district down at not more than 22 or 24 bushels per acre, and the total yield not more 'than two-thirds that of last year. Other branches of farming have been He considers it prdb-that-wheat-growing wall be largely given up, owing (1) to the cost of labour and the difficulty in getting it £n harvest'time; (2) to the low .prices, vtoich voill *Vo kept down by possible .Australian outputs under a low tariff -;i(3) to the high weight freights to Brfkin; and (4) to the working of the (Defence Act, taking men away ■to .earetpj *nd "leaving the teams idle.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 21 April 1913, Page 5
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133PROSPECTS FOR WHEAT. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 21 April 1913, Page 5
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