THE WHEAT CROP.
NEW ZEALAND AND THE COJIMON-
; 'WEALTH. Taking official figures, tlie Commonwealth '-.wheat crop for 1912-13 amounts to about 88} million bushels, against 71i million bushels, or an increase of about 17 million bushels. New Zealand, on tbe other hand shows a decrease of 21 million, bushels. The yields for Australia and New Zealand for the last three seasons are summarised as follows:— . 1910-11. 1911-12. 1912-13. Bushels. Bushels. Bushels. Victoria 31,813,019 .20,891,877 26,223,101 N.S.W. ... 27,913,547 25,088,102 30,132,500 Queensl'd. 1,022,373 285,109 1,240,262 S. Aust'lia 21,3-14,7-10 20,352,720 . 20,938,570 W. Aust'lia 5,897,510 4,358,901 9,573,995 Tasmania 1,120,7-11 659,615 416,307 ComVth. 95,111,963 '71,636,327 88,551,738 N.Z. ...... 8,273,926 8,290/221 5,705,900 103,385,889 79,926,518 91,260,638 With a' Commonwealth crop of 885 million _ bushels, an exportation of fully 50 million bushels would be possible during the current season, after allowing for a larger stock to be carried forward next December into the succeeding season than was carried forward last season. New Zealand will require to import a littjle, if the estimate of 5J million bushels is correct.
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1725, 16 April 1913, Page 10
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169THE WHEAT CROP. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1725, 16 April 1913, Page 10
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