THE CROPS OF THE SEASON.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1056, 20 February 1911, Page 8

THE CROPS OF THE SEASON.

[_ ''some decreases indicated. . latest figures available f.. thwe are fairly largo decreases in tho ~ anas laid downin'somo of tho principal p:,; field; crops this year. Tlio dry season p ui!iiio";itsolf felt m. tho <• principal gram- ■ growing.districts by chocking Ijo developfHKnt oi tho crops to such an extent that f.- i fioioo were - fod off 'by. stock and some ; ; .rijtentd-, permanently .and wero cut for' J.' chaff. " Referring to grass seed crops parJ. ticularly,-tho rye and the cocksfoot yields. •' I - SulTored through tho hot weather. : The interim return's ,of field.crops give 1 J:/.1 estimates of : the areas in'crops on Octo- , i. ■ bef 20,-1910. Of wheat, it is estimated : that, 274,533 acres were down 011-that 1 .• daw, and, as tho average iu the proyious i 1:.: eeasoa was 311,000, there is 011 present ] figures a. decrease of, 86,467 acres.-:' Tho (•.• • area*in oats is set'down.at 353,997 acres, 1 » .which, ; represents n decrease of 24,003 ( acres. , The area barley set;down for. ' : . • ■ th>eshing; this season was: 32,969 acres*.' , f . In 1909-10 41,500 were laid down,'so,there 1 r ,■isra, dccreaso of 8531 acres.* This season j 8613 acres'.of maize were sown for thresh- 1 , wtf* V,' .■ • «- There grass seed'too. This 1 f- j year, the-figures,for 'ryegrass', are . 50,352 . 5 .acres; laU/year-they, were; 56,550 acres, j ■ There wero 29,500 ' acres ■in cocksfoot last , ; ■ year, and there are year." 1 Bed j, , v clover has beenvMwh ; for . 'seed .to tjho j citent .of 4822 acres,' an'd. white clover to ] i'. / ,-the: extent of-C93. acres. V-:..., ■ j &»• "On preserit figures the'turnip crops "are , less: bvM3,954 acres. ;/This'season there ; '* tie 509,596':acres;-'whe^sisplaft..season ,j there 522,550 \acreso Eleven' thoii- 1 ,; 6ahd'.and'four, acres' of', mangolds, have Wit-. toh.put;d6.wn, / ah"d 220;CG2.acres of rape, j t- '; rape area, is '4373 'acres less than last | t ' - iicafoil's. .' 'The; a'reds of turnips and rape : !fhave ; been . increased ' in some: districts j V'V:;,' Biri?e'the"'i^uriis i 'wcTe collected byjerops , ...'.of:these varieties being sown on land \ y'.., . ~which -had feehl occupied by cereals fed t : {off Cor harvested 'early owing to the dry , ; • '.weather. t ,*-*6 ; Canterbury is the greatest wheat-growing , S T- I distritt, with area 'of 191,113 acres. \ Ijif|'t "year Canterbury's'.'wheat area was ( • ?■ 210,000 .'acres. The' proviil'co : , also had „ »~":l 136,893' acres devoted to oats for thresh- j '■■J v the chief producer of oats, •„ S, ''acres.-. ' j jCV-'V:" .Wellington'' district crops are set down t: as ; follow, (thevfigures brackets rc- ; t7 present 'last year's 'areas)':—'Wheat, .5616 Pi.-. acres' (7700); cats, .21,872. (15,000);' barley, V: 1822 (1200) maize- 268; : pf as.' 701; .ryegrass, : , (v • 41451 1 (2500); * cocksfoot,..' 1088 '(1C00); red ;- 1-1 clover,'.l4 ; whito clover,-70; potatoes, 2928 ... t '- 1 . (2400); 'tiirnips, '29,099 (26,000); mangolds, i:':IJ6S; and-rap?■ 34,427 (34,000): The figures _ t p'given'.; respecting cereals s concern only » '.; : .- ; oeri>als'grown for threshinif. Those for R ! rra.=ses,only intended to'be cut ' •. •: for seed.- . . •_ ' _ ; r I .',' i■: 'Hawke's -Bay -cropping is estimated as },' I■' ! follfiws Wheat; 973 >acrcs '(1000); oats, : ;,7790,(800P): barley,'. 1535 (3000); metes,- " ' r 2786;'-peas,'-101; "ryegrass, 4766 (6000); •> ' • ooclafoot. 1026 (700) ;-red clover; 25; wbito 4 -:'oJ4V«r (1Q0);-potatoes.- 1857- (4000); turnips. «; ! 45.3U rape, 24,692 » I -(25.(100).- •- ' '• ... ft-:;;.':;T»SiiiaW"-lia»cwnned as ' t: .'-. .'WHbat, c ilOOOiacMS"(10i)0); oats, 4000 (3500); » I-;? barley,. 1500 (1200); maize, 200; peas (100); » Ji' ' 200 (150); cocksfoot, 700 (250); M potiitOes, 1000 (600); turnips, 1.8,000 (18.000); P ►-- mail^lds,-1700;-and rape,.-4500 .(450.0). g