The Australian Drought
' Till taught by pain, Men really know not what good water's worth.'
We are reminded of Byron's lines by the following brief but melancholy cable-message from Sydney in Tuesday's papers : — ' The New South Wales Government statistician has completed the crop and stock returns, and the actual results of the harvest bear out the forecast made last December. There were 50,000 acres less under crop than in the preceding year. Of the wheat area about 700,000 acres failed to yield any crop. The wheat yield is 1,561,000 bushels, as compared with 14,808,000 bushels in the previous year. The average was one bushel and a quarter, while hay yielded less than a quarter of a ton per acre. Maize and lucerne are the only products which show an increase. Stock returns show a decrease of 14,762,000 sheep, 312,000 cattle, 37,000 horses, and 73,000 pigs.'
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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXI, Issue 15, 9 April 1903, Page 18
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145The Australian Drought New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXI, Issue 15, 9 April 1903, Page 18
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