CROPS IN AUSTRALIA.
Regarding the New South Wales crops the Sydney Moil says : — The year closes and summer opens with weather which is all that could be desired by agriculturists. The reports from pastoral centres are still in the same cry. " Pasture is plentiful, disease 9 are almost unknown, and the water supply is ample. Quite as cheerful are the notes of harvesting, ftust has not appeared to any appreciable extent ; the wheat crops, so far as the reaping has proceeded, are heavier in yield than was expected, and every district should enjoy what should be a happy new year. The weather in the meti'opolis and along the coast has been peculiar during the past week. Rain was threatening every day, but save a few .showers on Tuesday no moisture was accorded. r l he Loader, in reporting upon the Victorian crops, says : — The weather during tbe week has continued favourable for harvesting operations, which are being busily carried on in the northern districts. Favourable reports continue to be received concerning the yields of the wheat crops, and as the test of the stripper has now been extensively applied, it has been found that the returns are coming up to the expectation. Our agricultural reporter estimates the yields ©f the counties of Bendigo, Gladstone, and Kara Kara at about thres bushels per acre above those of last year, although the crops upon the Avon and Couoor plains are much below. Gratifying reports are still forwarded as to the quality of the grain, and it seems likely that the weather will continue favourable to the harvesting of the wheat in good condition. Owing to the extensive use of the stripper in the Loddon j and Wiinmera districts labour is plentiful, ■ wnges averaging from 43 to 6s per diem, while on the Goulburn, where handbinding is carried on, great difficulty is experienced in obtainiug meu, and very high wages are paid. The pastures are generally in good condition, but the scarcity of water is already severely felt in some districts, notably on the Lower Avoca, that river not having run since the ; month of March. In the southern dis- 1 tricts the prospects of the harvest are generally very good, although the caterpillar has attacked the barley crop at I Lancefield, and it is feared that serious j damage will be done. The AdclobU Ofarrcer } in commenting upon the South Australian cioj^s, re- i marks: — During the past week the weath- I er has been extremely hot, but very favourable for harvesting operations, which in every direction in the North are proceeding vigorously. In the higher and cooler districts the fields are putting on the golden tint, and operations there will very soon commence. The promise of a heavy yield is being fully confirmed, and there are few complaints of the crops turning out under average. From many parts of the country we are receiving reports of yields very considerably over the average. From Tasmania we learn that cereal crops ptoinise well, but potatoes are a failure in several distritcs.
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Waikato Times, Volume XIV, Issue 1182, 24 January 1880, Page 2
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610CROPS IN AUSTRALIA. Waikato Times, Volume XIV, Issue 1182, 24 January 1880, Page 2
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