THE SEASON’S HARVEST

Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 113, 10 February 1928, Page 8

THE SEASON’S HARVEST

ESTIMATED WHEAT YIELD MAY EXCEED NINE MILLION BUSHELS According to statistics gazetted last night, the total wheat yield for the Dominion for the 1927-28 season should approximate 9,200,000 bushels, as compared with an actual yield of 7,952,442 bushels for the 1926-27 season. The following estimated average yields per acre of wheat, oats, and barley for the season 1927-28 have been compiled from reports furnished by stock inspectors of the Department of Agriculture throughout the Dominion:

In accordance with the above estimates, the total yield of wheat for the Dominion should be approximately 9,200,000 bushels, as against an actual yield of 7.952,442 bushels for the season 1926-27. The percentage of oats threshed for the five seasons ending with 1926-27 was 27.05 of the total area under that crop. Assuming that a similar proportion is threshed this year, the total vield of grain should be approximately 3,650,000 bushels, as against an actual vield of 4,997,535 bushels for the season 1926-27. Estimated average yields of barley were furnished this year for the first time. The percentage of this crop threshed for the five seasons enditm with 1926-27 was 98 16 of the total area under that crop. Assuming that a similar pronortion is threshed fhi« vear, the total vic’d of m-am should be apnroxnnaielv 750.0 n 0 bushels, pc against an actual yield <ii 1,243,333 bushels for the season 1923-27

Wheat Oat Bush eld bushels Bushels District per per per Acre Acre North Island 3(1.61 38,52 34.34 Nelson 19,01) 21.95 23.00 .Marlborough 30.20 35.76 34.89 Canterbury 31.52 43.76 19.03 Otago 31.82 41.74 32.97 Southland 34.83 44.26 32.00 Average ( e s t imated) for the Dominion, season 1927-28 34.37 43.12 35.77 Average (actual) for the Doni inion. season 1926-27 36.13 42.58 41.60