THE CROP YIELDS.
WHAT THE ESTIMATES POINT. The' Agricultural Department's estimated yields, of crops as.at, December 31 last havo now been publishod.- j The general average with which this year's yioids are compared, ave those of the ten previous seasons, 1900-1 to 1909-10. Wheat is' (roughly) threo busTiels nn acre below the average, oats three bushels.' bai'ley four bushels, maize nine bushels., Tho cojiiplcte list shows that with the exception of potatoes, all this sea'son's averages arc down. Tho following aro tho averages of "nil the crops (tho figures in parentheses are 'tho ten years' averages):—Wheat, 25.8 (31.39); oats, 30.2 (39.41); barley. 30.3 (34.5); maize, 41,4 (50.31); peas, 25.51 i (32.01); rye-grass, 413 (595.2); cocksfoot, 167.66 (184.05); rod clover, 18.t; potatoes, 6.4 (5.84); turnips, 18.19; mangolds, 21.05.
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1056, 20 February 1911, Page 8
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127THE CROP YIELDS. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1056, 20 February 1911, Page 8
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