AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2556, 2 September 1915, Page 8

AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS

NEW SYSTEM FOR COLLECTING !' THE*!.. Tho,Minister of Agriculture (the Hon. iW. D. S. MacDonald),'in replying to Mr. J. Craigie (Tiraaru)- yesterday, said that tho now. system .of, collecting agricultural similar to .that :«ri-; . ployed in Australia—namely, Vhou'se-to-' iiouse';coUectioii by means of the polics . •; r officers throughout the couiitry—will ha introduced at the close' of the present f •. harvdst, commencing in tho north on ■■.'lfebru'ary 1 next,', and/.fimskingfin.. tho. soutlil*towards the eud?o^'April; Dur-. . ing October and November a collection : -of sowings will be made from ".farmers ■ as complete as possible, audit the same time a census of the. stocks in the hands ff v. ' of farmers, millers,- and merchants will, be taken in order to'ascertain the position on November 30- next.- Tho results will bo published as early a's possible,-. and it is hoped that tho new sysi: -tern will give satisfaction^',:_The;tlirosh.V jng v returns will be'"', {again; collected; monthly, and published: as received. These, returns have been proved to' ■bo ' Teliable, and they givojearlier informa- ;;; tion ;as to the'actuaK results' beins - ob- : tained from tho harvest than fcould be,, itherwiso obtained. .