The Crops in the Mouth Island.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1657, 13 March 1886, Page 4

The Crops m the Mouth Island.

Referring to the crops in .^he South Island the Saturday Advertiser says the age of grunting and groaning is nearly gone. Very hopeful prospects are being 1 realised' regarding the present harvest. In the.earlier part of Canterbury the returns 'are remarkably 1 good. It is said that this season a very large nnmberare threshing out" of the stook with very satisfactory results. The wheat is a really graiKPsampifi, hard and. dry as shot ; the oats bright* and plump ;' the barley a cood color, and harvested m fine order. We hear of 40, 50, and even 70 bushels to .the" acre north -of ChristchurchY In South Canterbury a 17-acre paddock gave the unprecedented yield of 11G bushels to the acre. We are without' doubt to have a good harvest, which will be "an important help to return of better times. It is likely that fair prices ; will be obtained-, but. even with, prices, as ; low as 30s a quarter, the, eross proceeds per; 'acre wduid be from £8 to 10. We understand alsd that business v m Dunedinis showing signs of improvement. A t leading coachbuilder informed "iis ,that his hands had been fully occupitid iii the execution of orders for some time. Bakers and butchers must alWays be busy, as, people _must: be "fed, depression; •or no depression^ but for carriage builders to be busy implies; that money is more plentiful. The only heavy sufferers at present are the wool growers, but prices have : touched l the bottom, and those who can hang on without the grip > p.f the mortgagee on either shoulder are certain to experience a change for the f better ere long. ■'■■:■ . .., , ; :