THE WHEAT SUPPLY
Disoussing tho wheat supply, Mr. John Talbot, chairman of tlio South Canterbury oxecutivo of tho FarmoYs' Union, stated that tho returns for tho ■Dominion showed an area of about 200,000 acres in wheat, and it was estimated that perhaps 18,000 acres had not beon accounted for in tho returns. Assuming that 218,000 acres had been .sown. Which ho thought doubtful, it ■would require nearly 35 bushels per aero to' prorldo .a sufficient supply for the coming year. There was every prospect of a good crop, but in his opinion it was not'safe to estimate tho average returns at more than 30 bushels. Last yoar the area in wheal, was SSO.OOO acres, and ho believed that next year tho aroa sown would bo still smaller.
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2956, 20 December 1916, Page 8
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127THE WHEAT SUPPLY Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2956, 20 December 1916, Page 8
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