THE WHEAT OF AUSTRALIA.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 716, 15 January 1910, Page 8

THE WHEAT OF AUSTRALIA.

I [£;;■:■•;•;. ■ imposing/: STiiipius. "^/;'' : ':;,• '■ j : "'The Australasian"'.'estimates of the wheat crop puts the total yield at 27,589,800 'bushels. This-estimate;-;:though, •not so,high as;the official/estimate of 28Jj million/bushels, published ' six/weeks:ago,. is/about 2J million bushols'abbve'the 'pre-' j.'liminary estimate by "The Australasian,"published ; on .'November. 18,"due'.to: the | ,favburable:-weather :which : :has since-been ; oxperienced.:';The''followiug.'.is:a compari-' i son : of the present estimate with: tbe yields : ■ for' previous -seasons :-—■ .'"■ -''//. ', .■ ■ '■/.■i ';' ■/' '"<:■ /,4 ; A? cai :';/' ' Crop) > Average,; //:■/.': : ' ''.■?;■ .'i Bushels, 'Bushels. ://19u3-4 '■'.. i V;:'.:ii,968 5 599?'28^25^79 ; '---' 14.49 ■"■■' 'i .1904^5--f-i'iti-'■■- 2,277,537--:-21,092,159 '':,' 9J2G ■■'" .V :.'.'.:: 2,070,517 23,417,670 ■■::. 11.31 ■. ~l9ofi-7-:;'...-2,031,893V:22,G18,043 i 11:13 '1907-8 ;.•,....•'■ 1,847,121 -■.12,100,780 V G. 55 ./ ::!1903-9...;...-: :i;779,905:; 23,345,019 ' ; 13.12 / ; > :19094P i ;vi..; : ;2,102,300 : .:27,589,8C0,::,::i3.12 j The/present .-Victorian-crop ; ;is thus' the •second, largest on'-record, the''largest being -that' of :-19034. ; ■.After- providing:- for I:local:requirements .for/food, and seed,' the '.surplus, available for exportfrbm Victoria is/'nbont 19,000,000; bushels.- v-':-:;:V.:;".: The';South'!-Australian, crop has been i officially resHmatedat/26,139,575 bushels; New. South/Wales,',at' : 2s,6oo,ooo' bushels;: and Western Australia;at 5,978,829 bush-' els.'; Adding Victoria (according to "The ■Australasian'?/estinmie), C3ueenslahd,':and '.Tasmania, the Commonwealth wheat crop may ;iiqw. be ■reckoned' at\about 81,000,000 -bushels,'''which'-';: ..would'enablo :> about 52)000,000 :bnshels,"or.,nearly,■ l,400;d00 f6ns,'• :to/.b'o/exported'/to' ;Ov,ersea, destinations .; during' the. year.'/ Shipments are how - being ..'made":from,-"'the,:various- exporting Slates,; but/the/farmers 'haveV:not ' been 'selling with the-same/speed; 'as"last' sea-! •son, and :it :is to,be expected that .exports will,-bo spread lover';'.the.:greater: part- of, ; : /.vAdding.tue-^ lng :to';th'o recent'-official, estimate,- "and :counting. 6,000,000/ bushels, for;New'.Zealand /consumption, "the /grand /total/ :for .Australasia^compares.as follows:—;/-: /J/^vSvU:-///;^-/--:;/' .-'"■"' v -■';:-/: Estimate.: :; :1907^.:'^;■:■ 1908-9. J." 1909-10/." ''"'i-Wnni ~% Bushels..; .:Bushols:ui::Bushels. iCommon-r / .: ■:■•'■ ■>■■"■''■■■ ':-■:■-'-.-■.-:.''- : -' ■■'-■■-■';■.:. :'/wealth/fo 44,655,673 .-,62,587,65G .81,000,000 f-N.:.Zealahd r ; 5,567,139 ::.8,772,790;::i1,00p,000. ':%?''■'■' ■'■ /!50,222,812'/'71;360,44G' ■ 92,000i000'' |.Exportablo;i>-."'■'■ ,'•-'':::,...','.'-->'.'. " ' 15;0d6,00fl - 36,000,000./ 57,000,000'^Tnb:gfanci -total of 92,000,000 :bushels/-or ■ '111;, million-; quarters."■ for -Australia and Now-Zealand,'is- the'largest yet reached..