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Crop ReportThe year 1917 has not been a good one for crops.The weather has touched all the extremes in turn, severe
frosts lasting for weeks at a time in the early part of the year, heavy
snowstorms in April, drought in June & July, cold wet August all combined
to make the hay & corn harvests as well as the root crops a succession of
failures. Hay is perhaps one of the lightest on record, while the wet August
changed what might have been light crops of good quality to light crops of
medium to poor quality. The weather during harvest was fairly good after a wet
period in the second week & most of the corn was stacked in very fair
condition. Prices for corn are fixed by the government and are lower than last
year.
Prices
Wheat 73/6 in Autumn
Barley 65/- all the season
Oats 45/-
Potatoes. Minimum of £6 to be paid to the grower.
Hay & straw the same as last year
All kinds of feeding stuffs are very scarce. They can
only be obtained in small quantities at extremely high prices.
Prices for stock of all kinds have been very high.
Fat lambs up to 90/-. Beef up to 20/- per stone.
Bacon was quoted at 25/- per stone at Hull in October.
Milk cows up to £47 each.
13th Dec. Four milk cows, the property of one
farmer were sold at York market for £290. |
