SOUTH AUSTRALIAN HARVEST
Decreases in"cereals,
• The Government Statist in South Australia (Mr. ,AT. L. Johnston) ha 3 issued :tha fcllowhit etatement as ''preliminary resulbj".of the/ oereal harvest:—, ". ' •
' "Wheat.—2,665,497 acres were sown'for '•grainand hay, a decrease of £16,962 acres, "Us compared with the previous season. The- area .was ■ distributed ,aa follows:— 'Grain, 2.355.652. acres;' hay, 282,303 acres.' ..'l]hese ureas include allcrops and' por'tions of crop which failed.-., The adfrom' , ■farmers indicate that fully '106,160 .-.acres totally . failed, , and 17,012 i acres were fed off;-v:.Jt.-.is estimuted- thatbushels of- wHent.were reaped,' ..'in decrease of ,17,052,470 on the j record year preceding. The average per acre,'l2.lß.:(lG.4C) though iM ■bushels lower than Inst season, is 1.72 ■btishel-.greater.' than Mlie ■ (10,46 i bushels),..of ■ the .previolis -ten'.seasons.
of hay, 354400 toils, with an average 0f1.21 tons..per' acre, is .considerably belbiv the /average cut, owing probably- to the, luxuriant 'growth of natural feed in.many localities and fear, of •the ravagea , 'of mice.-:':.'.. ~.' ...
»" Barl6y.T-The'.-:total.'.yield, of , barley, I,sßs,ss6'btiehels, ivlth.au average of 16.72. bushels', per acre, showed a decrease of 148,8&1> bushels oil (lie record season 1916-tt. Of the total '.yield,' 1,260,588 bushels n:ere returned as malting.
-.■'• 0at5.—1,291,312 bushels, were, harvested RTeraging 12.27 bushels per acre, a. der:.crease'of/518n99;'biiehels in the total jyield,. but ; an "increase, of. .U bushels per 'acre on.' the average•yield of the piejivious season,. The,..crop, however, was ;only 15,302 :_bushela'. lossi.thai the' average ;of the .previous ten'seasmis.- The. cut of foaten hay,' 113,198 (163,243) tons, averaged ■1.05 'tons per a decrease of 49,745 ftone, or .05 tons per acre on'the previous Reason. - ' - ■
': Ueneral.—The exceptionally heavy and continuous -winter rains restricted the ■lerea sown, but the .harvesting .weather (was generally-reported as most i'uvour»ble. '
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 228, 14 June 1918, Page 8
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274SOUTH AUSTRALIAN HARVEST Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 228, 14 June 1918, Page 8
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