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Show Losses by Drought in Australia. The wheat harvest of 1902 in New South Wales is only one-tenth of the harvest of 1901, and this represents a loss to the wheat growers of over 2,-000,000. 2,-000,000. The losses in grain, hay and vegetables are at least as great in the aggregate, while the disasters of the pastoral industry are on a yet more tragical scale. In the flocks and herds of the state the-e 's a decrease oi 47,401 horses, 319,461 cattle and 15,-669,632 15,-669,632 sheep! Taken at low rates, this represents an immediate cash loss of something like 8,000,000. |