N.Z. GROWN POTATOES.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 950, 18 October 1910, Page 8

N.Z. GROWN POTATOES.

|cS |^:DECEEASES ; IN -YIELDS.;;•',;;-; v ■;.';- ■ remarked;-in, the; Do-. .;..,-mnion .on. previous ocrasions, it-would' I'',,; .not';be.surprising to hear that, farmers !';Kwere .'sowing, lessor areas of- potatoes '.. - - than was; the'custom in the .years- before so disastrous. -. ;Last i.-'j; season, howeverj.-.there was no decrease JV ;jritne ; .area; ; in'rac^'3 ; horerWaia!,sli|lrb ;-.-:.-increase as compared- with-the preceding ;?': ry ; Eea-soii; ■■■ •■■■ln : : 11)08-9,' 29,919 acres - were !-■.'put dovm in Tiotatoes,\ and in 1909-10; r: .. ; Vthe,area;was 30,500. : The yield for the ;' ■'H Dominion showed a decrease; • notwith- ';' --.'ptanding .the: greater i'areav;; Ini-theear-season'l9s,2o6 .tons ,were.gathered, v.; : :'.arid in- the,.later.;'season. 192^84'; tons. yield iper acre two '.season's ago. was; £;>vS6:52;. and last season '■■.6.31' tons., p;v-?;s?lie".total increase' in area; was .581 acres,; f-X^and,the decrease in yield -2722 tons.-.; '■:';.;;"/Otago - and Canterbury; produce the jv^- : ''-'jmost\potatioeS : i-.'m , orß than half the' New f/ -'■ [Zealand-grown tubers■:are/raised there. js ■'• v; ;!ptago;:and Nelson are the only provinces |f.::;:-'Trhic¥'-are : .credit-e'd.by,vtho State; statis-. f.'■'■' ; ijticians with; an ; increase yield' per.-.acre. ['vj:Otago's' increase:is.'from six' tons per t;o:%12 .tons, ;.'and 'Nelson's from |yvyTO,t6ris;:to;6.2 tons.;.?: ;;<■■;';;•.'-.''-v."''■'.■•■'•; Wellington'province devoted- a. lesser l-'-'V'juei-Ho 'potatoes last season!than in the [..» : jprevious' season, but produced six tons i ;.-jrerJaoreyVaccordirig. to both sets "- of !r: J -figures.-■ In 1908-9 theVprovince grew [;;, ;; ; 55,CJ3p tons pn ; 2sosaeres,;arid in 1909-10 t ; ; ; .^;:^ew'l4,4oo.tgns, ; or 240.4 acres.'/ -\" fe-;^;Last:.season- Otago's.crop.was';66,92B |v;?;;;!lx)ns,from ; 94Co'acres;;:'-.'The- season bej£;■ iti wjis, 50]353'tons';'f rqni 8393 acres/ [,<;'.:-.: Jii.: Canterbury, - where.there was a- de-. >-• '^icre'asevofjfroni 7,:toris to;6,6l; > .tons -per j y ■:; figures' were 65,933 -tons.' from ?"; ; -; 941?^acfes-in;;1908-9 ; ;andh : 59,490 ;tons. [;;,;' : ;]Erp : moOOO,'i\cres in 'the. ;'foll<»wing'':fieat/;;:;::'::iBbn;/;5';;;;;-:: ;. :; j;- ■.;'■ *^:' : -::" : - : lr-~: i }.-:, : '' ] - u :J j:': .■'••;;Aticklana. produced 27,170;f0n5V which titf.t iaveraged acreK' ; :Hawke's vtons: iniJl9PB-9- : on: f't.v2223 which : - equalled B;'.'tohß ■ for. V S;/every;\acre.:■'.'■ : ; Last Reason ..the province [A >■ 'an' 2000? acres,' f.;;;'.i-.equajiitd;6 .tonj. :'• < Taranaki's t ; :,\:Average fell; from-8 W's to.;7;;tons,'and f v: . : .'thejprovihce's^total;growth;of. potatoes ii -££.: was 4200 v Marlborough s'figures. f.;;/:jshow.a,big drpprrrfroin:-an averago.of 7, Ui:;^lons-to ;3.BBvtons'inf;l9oß-9,' 669; acres p ;;.-produced^46B3 : t6ns;:but'in-1909-10/'7OO l^j^Bcre^;produced ;only;2716;: ; : ; Ifel--tyw Bon's : Vtotal 'la'st : season'-;was,: 5580- tons acres'; " r ;}; ; . /. ■:'o-^'::y:-:'^^:'.: