CEREAL CROPS

Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 153, 2 December 1938, Page 4

CEREAL CROPS

ESTIMATED ACREAGE

Estimates of the acreage under cereal crops this season are given in the Gazette issued Jast night. As in previous years, cards were sent out by post from the Census and Statistics Department to . grain growers and to potato growers throughout the Dominion, asking them to state what areas they had sown or planted, or intended to sow or plant, in wheat, oats, barley, and potatoes this season. Only holdings of one acre and over outside borough boundaries are covered by the figures. In the case of potatoes a fair amount is undoubtedly grown on the smaller holdings and on holdings situated within boroughs. Areas sown with wheat, oats, and barley in the 1937-38 season, and estimates of areas sown or to be sown in 1938-39 are as follows:— , Wheat. Oats. Barley. Areas. 1937-38. Acres. Acres. Acres. For thrashing 185,949 57,017 25,455 For chaffing 1,847 173,482 785 Total harvested .. 187,796 231,399 26,240 Not harvested (fed off) 4.04G 58,364 5,364 Grand totals .... 191,842 289,763 31,604 Areas, 1938-39 (estimated) : North Island 3,200 13,000 3,200 South Island .. 185,700 250,000 30,500 Totals 188,900 263,000 33,700 POTATO PLANTING. The statistics for potatoes are as follows: — Estimated Final area area. 1937-38. 1938-39. Acres. Acres. Xortli Island .... 5,442 5,300 South Island 17,648 14,700 Totals for Dominion 23,000 20,000