AMERICAN WHEAT FIELDS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1008, 25 February 1882, Page 3

AMERICAN WHEAT FIELDS.

What is their oxtoijt ? On)) any other nation show ut greater breadth' in tho gulden 'grain ? Within three years ft : prominent Biatesman gave to France tho leading position for-wheat production; Yet the United States has .ranked as the tfheat growing nation of .the world in quantity for linlf n dozen years; in area for a period twice as long. Thirty years ago the area did not probably much oxceod 9,000,000 acres, or the breadth of wheat now to be fuuml.iu three leading '• States. Twenty years siuce the area had increased to nearly 15,000,000 acres, and in ten years more to about 20,000,000. The great advance -has occurred within ten years, the' most of it within five, under the stimulus'of high prices caused Increase of a prosperous population anlan extraordinary foroign domand, Bru:e Herald, in speaking of the harvest in tho Tukomairiro district, says: —The birds are committing great depredations. Mr Cockerill has a small patch of oats, which he is going to cut merely for straw, the little pests having taken away all tho grain. Some of the farmers say that in another year it will be hardly worth while to sow the land, unless the birds are reduced in numbers. The turnip crop is in a very backward state, A trip to the Empire City, may not only . be made pleasurable but profitable, To those who can combine business with pleasure, it must be gratifying to inspect the large stocks of seasonable Drapery and Clothing, such as can be seen only in a vast contre of ■ population like the City of Wellington, Visitor from the Wairarapa will find one of the largest and best selected at Jama Smith's TeAro Home. The Spring Fashions this season are ex- . wedingly pretty, varied, and chaste. In Ladies' Dress materials, Millinery, Mantles, Laces, Millions, and Scarfs the choice is • unusually large and e'.egaut. Visitors to Wellington would do well to pay an early visit to James Smith's l'c Aro House. The stock of Clothing for MenI', 1 ', Youths' and Boys' wear lias been made to specia order for 'l'e. ylro Home. All materials have 'been carefully selected and all styles judif ciously chosen. Heller value it ts impossible to obtain. On« great speciality of Te Aro House is the immense variety of Boijs' and Youths' (llalhhvj. Parents and Guardians shouM fact in mind when they visit ti wn, aud wend their way to .Tomes Umiih Te Aro Home..