1,923
Crop report.
The year
of 1,923 has not been a good one for crops. Owing to the absence of frost land
worked badly especially land on which turnips had been eaten on. Most of the
corn crops were fairly bulky but owing largely to the lack of sunshine did not
yield well. Green food of all kinds was fairly plentiful but soft & watery.
Turnips a fair crop, potatoes a lighter crop than last year but of better
quality. Grass & Clover for hay plentiful.
Prices for all kinds of stock are still tending downwards
though good prices were realised at the Autumn sales of breeding sheep. Cattle
markets have been closed for some time owing to foot & mouth disease but
are now open for stock for slaughter.
Prices for corn were as follows
| Oct Wheat 40/- |
Barley 37/- to 42/- |
Oats 25/- to 27/- |
| Dec -//- 42/- |
-//- 34/- to 40/- |
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| Jan 46/- |
44/- |
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Potatoes Autumn 8/- per cwt. 1,924 Feb 11/- to 12/-
Prices for feeding stuffs are about the same as last
year.
