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and Cape barley, and oaten hay, the yields per acre being set 



down by the Agricultural Society as — 



Wheat 27 bushels. 



Oats 40 



Barley ... .. ... 40 „ 



Oaten hay 2 tons. 



In rich alluvial plots, as much as eighty bushels of wheat 

 per acre have been obtained, and the other cereals have yielded 

 in proportion. 



Villiers and Heytesbury District. 



The Agricultural Association reports " That the climate is 

 moist and genial, and by no means so subject to any drought 

 as other portions of the colony ;" " that there are no climatic 

 influences adverse to agriculture ;" " that any crops except 

 those belonging to tropical climates grow freely ;" and, " that 

 a greater amount of good would result from an extended 

 system of drainage on the low lying lands than by any arti- 

 ficial irrigation of the upper." 



As might be inferred from the foregoing account, the wheat 

 and oat crops are grown largely and successfully ; while potatoes 

 are found to yield very heavily with comparatively little trouble 

 in the cultivation. 



The average of wheat per acre is 26 bushels, but in many 

 places it exceeds 40 bushels per acre. 



Oats ... ... 50 bushels per acre. 



Barley ... ... 45 „ „ 



Potatoes ... ... 6 tons „ 



Oaten hay ... ... 1\ ,, „ 



and all root crops, artificial grasses, &c, are found to thrive 

 admirably. 



Hamilton District. 



As the district represented by the Hamilton Pastoral and 

 Agricultural Association consists principally of extensive plains, 

 the crops, as might be anticipated, are said to suffer materially 

 from the hot winds and want of moisture. 



Oaten hay is the principal crop, but mangold wurzel and 

 tobacco have been tried, the latter very successfully ; and it is 

 to be noted, as an important fact in connection with this arid 

 district, " that good water can be obtained, wherever tried for, 

 at an average depth of seventy feet." 



