The f armer.
FRfcHtfK euon'imisla are urging upon their eouDtrym»M the ijK)porraiaco of a greater interest in grcwhij ~wq\] feted cattle., but meet v/:th discouraging apathy. Sflme goo-i herds exist; in Frauve, but their influence is slight. The other aay the best herd of shorthorns in the Republic were offcved for sale. Catalogues victo issued, and a luncheon prepared, but not a pingle buyer enma, ho that the proprietor and a reporter from Paiis had it all to thorn' elvc".
TriK tinnnal reports upoa French agriculture during the season jusfc ebeed have been published. Wheat and rye are tk« principal crop*, and in both there has been an increase, both of average and total yield, ovar any of the JuflL ten yeau. In wheat fcevente^n and a half millions of acres yielded 38,205,600 qnvti.. s ; but, as this is only sixteen or sevenloon bushels to the acre, it is, after all, not very satniactory.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2033, 18 July 1885, Page 6 (Supplement)
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154The farmer. Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2033, 18 July 1885, Page 6 (Supplement)
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