1,921
Crop ReportThe year of 1,921 has been about the driest on record.
Barley sowing was commenced in early February & mostly finished early in
March. This was all to the good but when the dry held out one month after
another we had to admit that it was possible to have too much of a good thing.
The result was that crops were either very good or very bad. Wheat is the best
for a number of years. Barley fair. Oats on the whole very bad. Pastures were
more like roads than green fields. Result that store stock could hardly be sold
at all during late Summer & Autumn. Turnips will not average half of last
years crop. Some have been ploughed up altogether. Hay crops were very light,
some being cut one day & led the next. Prices for stock are very low. Sheep
at the Autumn sales made below half of last years price. Beef that was worth £5
to £6 per cwt last Spring is now worth 65/- to 70/- per cwt. Rough bullocks
& cows 10/- less. Fat sheep & lambs about half as much as last year.
Corn prices are about half of last year in some cases less than this.
Prices for corn
| Wheat |
Sept 55/- |
Oct 45/- Jan
1922 44/- |
Mar /51/- |
| Barley |
-//- 55/- |
-//-
42/- |
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| Oats |
|
25/- |
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| Cotton cakes |
about £11 |
Jan
/22 Egyptian made £9. 5. |
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| Potatoes |
about
£6 |
wholesale |
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| Basic slag |
£3. 5. 0. |
Superphosphate
£3. 10. at Hull |
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