FIELD CROPS.
-STATISTICS TOR LAST SEASON. The following tables, prepared by the Government Statistician, give' tho averago actwil yields of field crops for the eeason 1912-13:--
Bushels, per Acre, , District. Wheat. Oats. Barley. Peas. "Auckland ; 28.36 35.94 51.99 15.08 'i'aranaki ...... '3G.43 -tl!02 54.47 45.05 Hawke's Bay 28.36 46.26 49.92 44.57 ; Wellington 32.49 37.01 34.77 28.03 •Nelson & Marlborough 27.70 33.45 33.35 24.97. Canterbury ... 26.56 31.74 36.43 2C.21 Otago .28.46 .38.17 84.98 26.09 ' Southland 28.09 35.75 22.76 28.00 Averages for the Dominion ... 27.28 35.12 36.75 25.83 Lb., per Acre.. Rye- ■ Cocks- Red grass. foot. Clover. •lAuckland 355.44 148.55 160.00 ' 'Taranaki 509.13 • 76.37 — -jHawkoV Bay ... 479.94 192.66 - Wellington" 319.06 143.95 - ■Nelson & Marl- . borough 304.ii8 . 170.26 199./7 Canterbury 398.34 264.98 Otago 409.71. 205.22 . 108.07 Southland 551.00 191.42 — 'Averages for tlie - ! 'dominion 462.93 238.37 .. loa.43 Tons, per Acre. ManPotatoes. Turnips, golds. Auckland » 6.63 16.45 24.01 Taranaki 6.55 20.28 35.87 * i Hawke's Bay .... .5.68 9.13 39.98 ' •■Wellington".......; G.90 14.94 22.65.llselson it'llarl-• borough' ......... 6.20 .8.57 16.83 Canterbury 6.61 12.54 23.64 Otago 5.27 10,58 13.55 Southland: 6.70 12.09 24.25 Averages for the • Itominioii 6.29 12.25 -3.69
The maize yields were as follow:— (Auckland, 48.17; Taranaki, 30.00 ; Ha-wko's 1 Jlay, "10.10. Average for Dominion, 47.43.
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1775, 13 June 1913, Page 8
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