OUR CORN AND GREEN CROPS

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 944, 11 October 1910, Page 8

OUR CORN AND GREEN CROPS

;f^,,;'--^ : PECREASEp,;YIELDS.! ; o -.v;-, : '■}.■ A;,.'return".has been.published ;by: the. 'Min'ister'.fdr, Agriculture showing thetiuiated:: aci'eage. 'an4X'ac:tifsi yield ,'of; corn' and';greeh; crops'.in, 1910';:, :.:; ■/■'•., ■"'. ',■.■ v-'A I'teatiirei'.;of -the :ieturn ;is, that'' in ial-'; ■riiost-' aU'i'c'i6ps',-the%.'has^^:' ; ljt'eri a smaller ■return p'er.'acre'thah'.in: the'previousiyear.; :Ih:i908-9'/the 252,391 acres sown".in"'.Vheat': ■^eia«l;^;772;raOV:^uSh% v .-:^ear!y':;.(Kl,flflp: | : 6| -:gi'6w ( ihg; wheat ;■ in : ; tbp '• following?': yeai^' ;butjt"he:!tbtal : the' same? "-The':yield,"per -acre, ; shdwV:the%'6sitibn.t, ,'lh,. 190Srfl : it •:' was J 34.75 ■- bushels,", and: :• .in;i50940'y35.24s -:»; ~;.'>:■ :.,';',Oatst-'diminished■;.'in'.- both, acreage' and jyieldHvlii;;l9o£9ir4oß,9oß'acres were'':put only' 377,000yacres;j: :In(the. l ,former,%ear,.tho: yield -was:lß,9.oGi : . ,7SB''!;busUels. (equal! 1 to .46.46.,.bu5he15, pel" iacre);;:and ;in:; ; the':lirfter.::year ;b13;520,830; I bu'shelsV(e(iu'ai.;tdr3s:Bß.:b.ushels per acre); ;ilebreased : ;irom: ;t6U.227',757-,bushels,'.dnd i the.acreage; from 1 : :48;853'rto:41;500. ;.Th§,"a,ci;ea'ge.yields' 1 we're,. ■ 39.67; bushels" a'na:,29;sß bushels. ': : S' ~:;,

:;^T.icrs' i wefevovW':6ooo.\acres : "'more'irye-: grass 'MTOV'(S6 > SSO.'- > altbg«th«r)» - .l)iit: : .'the ■7JddY(if^iM7;9l2;;lJusbcJs;;ivas:oTer-vfiO,000 : ; ! Thiirebiriiv per/ acre; ,• was. •.• 27:37;' twenty-'p.ouii'd.-^btiah.elsiNwhWTiVds.tiver :five /pounds fKCbcksfobt-'jwas^^ • 29,500'acres;-Sad;tHe"harvest was 5',185,310 :ppnnds;" : whicli^was ; a;.substanHal increase" 'altogetnerfand ; ;peiva'cre.''{ ■■'.■.'.'.•''',:■■'■": v.*'.' 1 ■'•'■'" KlnvJl9o9-lQ,^Hawke;s;:Bay:..grew/ 28,000, {bushels"' of .wheat,- SSOtfOO-Aushels', of.. oats, ;ls,ootf'b'ushels;. of/barley,!, bushels', Taranaki's"!return's'.were:—Wheat,'. 20,000, barley/ '60,W0:bushels;iryegrass,' 3750-.bushels';.and. i(^fofMt; : :te ) sofliV/;:'-'.?- ! vv' : \.v> ; y'''.^;'';^;;/Y '^Wellington'' !pfcdueed ''• 177,000,,;-bushels i'wheat', :; i3l,ooo"'bushels oats, 47,000 bushels' %a>lby.(^soo;bushels.. ryegrass,. and; 110,000 :-lbKrye'grass'; , ,S^-v- : V: r-s'-; ;„'; :.'■;■ .'•• "- .. > :->:'' ■?'■#■%'; ■iViffioih'Marlboroughi"cain6, '210,500 bushels. :ihfeat, ; i9d,soo ; bushelsttats;''262,SOo' bushels,', "b'arlejv 26,'850,'bushels' ryegrass, ;and-.218,560; ■;lb,;i cocksfoot! \ ; ; !y'.S■ ''^':' f - v : >.\./! ; ''/■"!;'>'•"; : V;.:/As;i;rode Valp'ng/the,, way- '.t'o'.Makairb"'. /(miteViVpuiv!;''^ ; saw.';s.btne" :l f u^nyfrp'6kin'g.:.'sheep'fan''.a '■paddock;;;'. They-,' looked'- like:(oldiSforgotteii' 'cq'dld i tliey'be ?,! i/Tliey; 'certainly iShropshires,'". though;! ! their.:'blacky'iauzzles ■ people;'.';i;B'ut .as!'their fle'e.ce'^^asilb.nsVandishaggyil'lljey, !■ ■ /.Tliey^were; iGhevipts: Vjl ''.. hayxrseen!':'; them' :ihV.thpusands'; ;>6n' : ':'thb,!jGlievipti moftnxun3;"in.''i!Nbto'iuri-;' ':berla'nd.";i, ; ;,Thpy.'^ i sheep,:': .'but i generally,' considered; of/.'good 1 : ; 'qiiality,v>ery-Jhardy; in 'cdnstitution;>and' ,'prolific/rt Those;, which;-.-I:. s'aw>all'.;SMmed.,' ;to!,have ; -twin : ;lambs;,v .Still;.' as'a,'sepaa-ate ■breed; f:Kdbn*t.'la jis .-'in 'New ■.'Ze'wahdi'.v; They;. Icanjpr^y^clip/^ftgliivfe j% : (!(' ';■■'.- 'v/;^;;.^/.;-"';-/J £