WHEAT GROWING
INTERIM RETURN FIGURES FOR OTHER CROPS An interim. Teturn published' in last •evening's Gazette gives -.the following figares for wheat-.— -.- •: I'or ' -'Not ■ : ■-'■■■■ ■ rCh&ff.bay, har- • , For .""'or. tested threshing, ensilage. (fed off, Land Area. Yield. Area. Meld. eto.) district.. Acres Bushels Acres Tons Acres 'Auckland ■... '" 573 11,696 114 ,149 36 Hawko'sßay • -319 7,940 173 344 72 . Taxauaki ■... 423 11,257.' 53 108 32 •Wellington, , .4,996 120,950 297 377 79 Nelson-. 826 12,332 46 66 19 • Marlborough 1,289 23,328 206 306 455 .Westland ... 2 16 — — — - Canterbury 178,545 3,960,182 2,354 3,253 1,728 - jOtaco- 30,318 862,214 417 847 311 -Southland' 1,830 ' 45,492 40 65 162
: ■■Totals, 1916-17 219,121 5,055,457 3,708 5,515 2,874 -.Totals,11915-16 329,207 7,108,360 6,215 7,440 — >:Tlie.;l)6minion figures for ether crops .••vera fas. follows. Last year's figures are. i*-sKown in 1 parentheses. ■ Oats for Thrashing—Area, 178,397 acres ' . (212,688); . yield,' 5,470,405 bushels (7,653,208).' Oats for chaff, hay, or ensilage.— 'A'/ea, 352.61 C ■ (123,137); yield/ 430,234 '^(572,435). . '-'--Barley ' for . THrasHTng.—Area, 29,570 (39,2 M); yield, 737,982 (320,174). -Barley lor. cnaff, etc.—Area, 1115 (2040); yield, .. .10,755 (3387). "Maize for Thrashing.—Area. 6434 acres (SOffi)i'-yiera, 283,419't0i1s (340,372). Maize for ensilage—Area, 665; (621);" yield, 4934 fcusfiels (3493). ... .-.-Rye-grass.—Area, 79,400 (43095); 1 yield, / 23,328.-3061b5. (15,908,312). ; Cocksfoot-ire,i, «,733. (13,293); yield, 1^771,7161b5. (1,577,285). : v-lotatoes.-Area. 25,502 (29,809); yield, '130,807 tons (128,807). - --Turnips.—s3l,496 acres (572,138 acres). --Mangolds.—B9B2 acres (13,046 acres).
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3153, 3 August 1917, Page 8
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216WHEAT GROWING Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3153, 3 August 1917, Page 8
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