HARVEST OPERATIONS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 6, Issue 1608, 13 February 1884, Page 2

HARVEST OPERATIONS.

(by our .special REPORTER,)

; The harvest season of-'B4 with its intermittent changes of weather will long be remembered by the farmers of thin district, not because it has turned out disastrously to them, but on account of the endless disappointments and consequent expenses, attending a prolonged harvest, Tho weather this season appears to have been sent for the express purpose of trying how much pationce ut farmer is endowed with, and judging from the many times they have had to fly to cover from tho wind and rain, and the persistent manner in which they have turned to with reapers and binders, stackers, and in some cases thrashing machines, when there has beoni the least encouragement of a change, places them at once in a direct line with the descendants of Job. Notwithstanding the fact that there has been a deal of crying put about a bad harvest, should the weather continue favorable and allow the grain to ripen and be harvested, there will not be much loss to report through the weather, for up to the present it has dono nothing more than prolong tho harvest operations, The crops on high dry land will show returns that will compare favorably with any season we have yet had, the full head and long straw being a picture to some places on the low lands whetHH soil is e£ a warm, light yields promise to be far in advance of anything we have yet seen. The land that appears to have been most affected by the weather is that of a cold clayey subsoil and other rank vegetation has stolen a march or the more delicate cereals, and have grown to such an extent that, the crops have been seriously retarded in their growth, The turnip crop, judging from present appearance will not- -be ; ' a success this season, but this is not attributed to the ; weather, as the numerous bare, patches to be seen in the. paddocks are a sure indication of something at work underground, and although the roller has been freely used on most of these root crops, the'mischief; appears irremediable..: - : - •' ; , ; AtTe Ore Ore, Mr D. Guild's (later; T. ill Thompson) crops are in fairly forward conditiou. . There are about 200 acres in wheat and 100 in oate ( ' these have a far better appearance thasi last year's crop, the heads being well tejJmri with good lengths of straw,