COLONIAL HARVESTS. [From the Sydney Morning Herald.]

Waikato Times, Volume VII, Issue 439, 11 March 1875, Page 2

COLONIAL HARVESTS. [From the Sydney Morning Herald.]

Harvest reports are now rife. *They« reach us from Queensland, Victoria, South Australia, and New Zealand. It is not a little to our discredit that we know less of our own crops than those of our neighhours'. One seeks in vain through the country journals for a wor.l concerning the appearance of any growing crops, so that tlw absence of a systematic inquiry, such as the Agricultural Society has commenced, but has not yet developed, we are in the dark pretty much as to what our own crop will yield. G ithering up the statements that are met with here and there^they seem to justify the expectation, of an average somewhat below that of last y^c, The wheit crop has suffered in sonn districts from w mt of rain, although the hot weather has be^n veryfav<W>le to harvest operations. »Tae qulity is understomy#t>.«b3 nrmsuilly goo 1. In Q leeojUa.i the he it has Wta myu^ fait thin herd, but the braa Ith of wheat is ntn >t siich>*s to m ik* the circumstances of mich m)U3at, being only taTfltfle over thre9 thoimn I acres. CJjnsi I jring the dasp living wails th it hivo reached us from Victoria concerning the effects of the drought we suppos3 the farming brotherhood o£*fch.»t colouy t are to ha congratulate.! on reaping a crop of whe it th it falls only a little bel iw that of last ye.ir ; at leistthitis the estinnte founds I upon the facts derivei from the threshings that have alrevly taken plir-e. Bit tin grain is of fi le quality, ai I where harvests I, well hxrvestel. Tie variation in yield is very great. The greatest yield in the Bjndig), fjr imta'io^,, is 21 bus'iels pa.' acrj, the least 10. In the Eist Lollon p3i*tion of the district", the maxiuw n h 3"), the mini.num 8. In one p n-riou of the Winavra district the m ixim im is 20, the minimum 4 ; in another the miximu n is 3') an 1 the minim im 5. I:i tin Gr.i'it district rhe m ixina un 13 23 bus iels, th» miiim i:n 8. la th° Marny district th^ mixirnu n is 25, and the miniinuiTi 4. , In pissing, i|Vniv bj ob^rve I thtt th 1 ! great difference recoivULf* between the mixitni and imnim.i will soon ceise Go oofeiln, if what is stated of the' improved system of farmuyjj ba tni3. Tas a-lvancaiL, far.U'jrs are all fors iking th% old exh lusting system of farming, and listening to the a Ivies of science* with respect to m lintaining the p u\nanent fertility of the .soil by me ins of restorative meisiuvs; of which fie rotation of crops, artifioiil grasses, and sheep are the cHtef. When these are generally adoptel, and the present tenleucy appears to be I.i that direction, the minimi will be levelled up, and ' the decennial average will not, we think, be below twenty bushels. It miv ba expected that blights to which wheat is liib'e will occur ocoisionally, but never with such vi nil mica as they have done, the pl.mt being generally in a more healthy state. In Victoria, o-irs and ba'rle/ occupy a more important place th m they do in the other olonias, together with hay, and this year the crops are spoken of as ver/ good. The he it has not prove I too strong for the wheat crop of South Australia. The thres-qutrter of a million acres und j r that crop are commended b} the journals of the colony for having done their duty and brought forth their increase. Harvest is for the most part at an end, anl an unusual qnintity of grain has been threshed out in the field. From the computations already made it appears probable that the yield will prove in excess of what it has bean for several years past. Even in maay of the old agricultural districts generally thought to be worked out, unwonted pro4ucti\e p>wer has be^n discoverf d. and the results obtained on farms that have been the subjects of an improved syscem h ivp bean so good |is to justify the expectation of much larger returns^ future, andi^ greater profit psr pound sterling oWthe capifck invested. The unprecedented average^)f 14 buMfyeli- j)er acre is boked for, not by s*ngnina but practical judges. If so, this will be five bushels an acr^ beyond the average of the pa*t tan seasons. Aiut five bushels per acre was exactly the measure of the entire crop since 1870 ! Miking some deduction, however, the authorities in the colony are settling down to the supp>sition th it sifter the home requirements ;h'p siDpli^J tu'"»re will in a dUpmbla hurplus of 9,000,000 bushels or '200,000 tons. Li->t yar thvee was a ino »th opened wide j noug'i in E u*)|)^ to take in ei^ht tiiu^s this quintitv, but ifc is now eU>4-»d, or indiilorent to the S!]j>|)!y from I the sun * so'irc* 1 . Tle crop of Greifc Bi-ilain has b^en unusuilly large, and Fi-aucf, America, aud Russia, from nearer pji'its, off -r to sup|)ly the deficiency. The difference between the price in LonI don and Ad-lai le affords not a sufficient margin of 1 profit to tempt export ri tj traffic at such a distance. | Cjnsiderable anxiety is ther?fore felt as to where a market can be found in which so considerable a I bulk cm bs sold profitably, Shippers are accord- ! ingly locking about. Victoria from her 349,976 aoivs will pi-ptty noarlv supply her own wants ; N:.v S uit'i Wiles and Queensland will he customers if n>t s'lji j!ij I frj n Cilif>>r.iii. Ti'ide iv wheat i having Ir-jori opened up with the Cipe the surplus of South Australia will go to satisfy whatever dem-md in ly b^ expressed in that direction proba1 bly. W.ie-i this is accomplished there will still be ' a great q la ility of breadstulls unriisp>sed of. S,) j culit:>ri have lately turned their attention to, ! Central America. . IsiVt quantifies of wherit anl fliur are itnp>rted au\y\ily by Brazil from Austria ! ml the Unite.! St^t^s cliiefl/, and an expectation !is eucoutag)J, by* tin examination of the prices 1 given, that South Australian shippers may com* mini a portion of the trada. The O'jscn<cr shows : this anticipition to b^ justitiel by figures. Contrasting tt l i" price of Anericau and Austrian brands I at Rio de Jmeirj with the m irket piic3 of wheatat A lulaida, and allowing for all expenses, it is stated that the net proceeds of the transaction to the South Australian shipper would be £15 per I ton, or a clear profit of £4 10i above the price now ruling in Adelaide. We have no sm ill interest in this question, since our shipping is sure to do some of the transport. Ihe freight will be In coffee, cotton, and sugar. \

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