HARVEST OPERATIONS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 6, Issue 1609, 14 February 1884, Page 2

HARVEST OPERATIONS.

(BY-ODE REPORTER,) | ;The Opaki land ' his been specially favored- by the present season, the crops, with the exception of a little winter wheat, turning out' splendidly, ¥v. H. lias!a..fine.crop v p£ on soniehcwly turned up land between tlio race course and the homestead, that will average fully 45' Bushels to the acre, , ' His back paddocka;Kaye'not been so prolific, biit V taken v as a whole his returns for the 100 acres of wheat and 40»of'riats will be on a paiviyjfih; any previous season, One of Hornsby's twine -binders ;was at pvork at these crops, and was giving' every satisfaction, the sheaves being tied ! and •, delivered ,clean;and regular,;':) • Welch ! S;;so acrel'of yheat find 53 oats are nearly all downj and' judging fromthe.numerousstooksj which 1 contain jyell filled heads, both eereals : will thrash out well, the former should at least, reach 35 bushels, and tW latter between : so and.,6o, i • This Snakes ; the fifth, consecutive wheat crop Mr TVeich has taken 1 off this'land, each season's' yield equalling the preceding one. Mi": R, : Campbell, whose land is adjoining'has about GO acres of : good wheat, but his oats (40 acres) aro rather light. Both. Messrs'JJ, Weleli, and Campbell are using a tilteri ono Of WnoJ's'twine.binders being "hung up" as useless, and a wire binder has | been discarded for.tho purposo of Saving tlie : straw, which promises to be a source of revenue to;the farmers this year J Mr Cattle's 50 acres of oats aro rather light, : but have a very clean [appearance. ; •;; j .' Captain Holmwood has cropped the flaU around'his homestead |his'season and has been rewarded with some excellent crops, the whoat (77 ' aicres) being especially good; I'he 10 acres of oats will be a fair average crop?.;! • Mr Kummer has one of the jbest crops of oats yet grown on the o|iaki, his 20. acres being a sight : sufficient to gladden the hcavt of "any farmer! ; Ho has also a .fair crop of 20 acres of wheat.

:■ Messrs Bannister-Bros crap, of joats (25 acres) on the Opaidis cutting very "well-, and will top their last year's returns. They are doing their work, | with op .of Hqrnsby's side deliverers, i Mr A. Matthews has handHicd!his-' 15 acres of oats, which have turned out well; but on account of his wlieat being short in thestraw, with splendid .heads, he is using a, wire binder afc it. ; , There are a few crops on thetUpper Opaki, the. largest area belonging 1 to Mr James Welch, but the quality of the . grain and the quantity of , land under cereals would not warrant a special journoy to that locality, The Akura block haß again proved its growing capabilities to a very successful extent. Messrs Bannister Bros have a 'magnificent ;'crop of'.-white Canadian oats, which is of : such; a heavy nature that the sheaves from 1 the side deliverer liave to tc divided beforo the tiers can do their work. The wheat also is very heavy—so much so that it is probable the machine will only be able to work one way, as the corn is very much , beaten down This crop, 40 acres, of. wheat and 25' oats, ought to hold .first place in the returns of this district this season. '■ Besides Messrs Harding's and Hoffieii's and a. few native crops on this block, Mr Hessev has got 00 acres of the " Bishop's reserve" in wlieat, outi, and barley. The lattpr .(20. acres) has turned out rather light, but the threshing has proved the grain to bo of excellent.quality, The oats and wlieat are both good crops and will be up tio Akura averages. One of Etornsby's reapers and twine binders and a side deliverer has dono Mr Hessey's work, in good style, the ...former .machine doing its duty faultlessly over the most, unfavorable ground, '. (To be continued.) •