CROPS OF THE COLONY.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 11494, 29 January 1903, Page 6

CROPS OF THE COLONY.

(SrECIAL TO "'THE TRESS. ) WELLINGTON. January 28. An advance summary of the crops of the colony, from the statistical division of the Department of Agriculture, shows the are/i in corn crops for 1902-d to bs 947,085 acres —an increase of 107,014 on the 1901-2 -area. The area in trnuNWs is 34.239,351 acres—un increase of 288.546 acre*; in preen crops 557,906 acre*;—a decrease of 9559 acres; fiillmv Lind, 44.494 acres—a decrease of i 11,450: ptivntntione, orchards, etc.. 98.611 acres—an incrosise cf 5320. Thus the land now being deut with w 35.837,447 acres, or an increase of 379,558. Iho greatest increase is of 330.451 of gr»«s lor feeding down (surfiw sown), and the deciease 101,703 acres in land ploughed for grass ior ir.-dincr down. The area in tussock, native graces, etc.. has nearly reached 22£ million acre.^ —an increase in tile year of over 100,000 a<-rf.s. Kxei-pt for these gr.vsi-s, the givatcst area, for any ono ciop ie th.it in cars. 689,016 acres, or an inore.iFe <if 83.584 a-ie.--. Tiirnir* follow vith 392,830 acres, but. in that aiva thvi\- is a of 5678 acre*. Wiw.u comes ne.\t with awi.—an increase cf 27,731, and ripe next with 119.856 ucrcs—.'i decrease, of 3578 acres. There are increases in til.' area* in pra.-<s for hay Itoraf 69.342 acKs, incre;'*-e. 6o58). for (1866 and 585 ficrevi!, im- iyp K rr,.«,s for seed 27.881 and 11.637). cocksfoot tor feed (27.88-4 and 81. other p-,w* for .-red (4458 and 1002). The areas of vhiic and red rlovorp for seed shou- d'?i reaves of 67 and 234 ncies r<«pectively. For potatoes tiuro ate 31.408 arres in crop (an ndvani-p of 149), for carrots 1853 ae.ivs (aho an increasp of 149), for plantations 52,788 aivfs (an increase of 5018).