Barley does particularly well on the Darling Downs, where the quality of the crop for malting purposes is held by English experts to equal the best Hungarian. Crops of from 30 to 40 bushels are frequent in a good season.
Sugarcane.
Sugarcane growing is carried on along the coastal area from Brisbane northwards. It is planted from January to June; 2,085,588 tons of sugarcane were produced in 1913.
Price Paid for Cane.
Prices for cane vary according to its sugar-producing properties and the locality in which it is grown. These, however, range from 20s. to 27s. per ton. Crops of from 40 to even 70 tons per acre have been obtained in the North.
Hay.
Hay averaged about 1-3/4 tons to the acre for the last twenty years. Individual crops yield much heavier results.
Potatoes.
Both English and sweet potatoes give heavy yields.