THE DIARY OF WILLIAM SELLERS

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Crop Report The harvest this year has been a good one.The weather has been the worst we could possibly have had.Our own harvest covered a period of seven weeks & one day and we finished three weeks before the last of our neighbours. The weather with the exception of a period in June and another in August was very unsettled and on the whole cold. The crops on the whole were both heavy and good & some good yields per acre have been realised since thrashing commenced. Wages for harvesting were fixed by the wages board at 70/- per week without food & 55/- with food. A large number of soldiers were sent onto farms for the harvest, but owing to their lack of skill were not a great success. Root crops in this district are good. Sheep pastures have been very good. Hay crops medium but spoiled by the weather. Potatoes bulky, but a good few bad.Prices for everything sold off the farm or bought for use on the farm are fixed by the government. No tail corn may be used on the farm without permission.Good feed cake is £20 per ton.
Prices for corn are as follows

Wheat
	Autumn 75/6		March 76/-
Barley	-//- 67/-	Nov 70/-	March 67/- to 70
Oats	-//- 47/6	Dec 49/6	March 43/-
Potatoes
Hay	£6. 10. 0
Oat straw	3. 5. 0

Beef 75/- per live cwt rising to 78/- by the New Year.
Fat sheep 75/- -//-
Store stock is sold as usual & makes very high prices
Wool 23/6 per st