AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS.

Globe, Volume IX, Issue 1259, 1 April 1878, Page 3

AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS.

The following return for the Ashley and Cheviot counties has been furnished to us by the Chief Enumerator; —

Numbers of 'Extent of Holdings. ! Land In "Wheat. In Oats. In Barley. COUNTIES. Electoral Districts (or parts of.) —2 <D 1-3 but not under Crop. Acres (sown for Grain only). Estimated gross Acres. Estimated gross Acres (sown for grain only). Estimated gross o produce For green food or hay. of grain (in bushels produce (in bushels). <v o u Pn ® P3 c3 a P-iPh Acres. (in bushels). For grain A«blev .<■ Kaiapoi A - luey <, Ashley Cheviot ... Cheviot 271 430 57 149 89 14 104 75 10 1,209 5,315 3,808 6,482 89,943 256 185,3-47 163,609 5,320 183 723 474 4,331 10,490 697 133,947 197,839 12,899 1,128 1,114 23 30,242 20,897 475 In Sown Grasses. t In Potatoes TOTAIi Quantity of Last Year's Electoral Districts (or parts of.) In Hat. In grasses | Grass-sown after having lands not previbeen broten .ously ploughed up (including '■ (including such such as in hay).j as in hay). Acres. 1 Acres. , Crops. of Acres WHEN FOIOI WAS FII/LEU UP. COUNTIES. ' • ! Crop (including Sown Grasses) Acres. ted gross produce (in tons). ted gross; Acres. ! produce Acres. |(ia tons).| Wheat (bush’ls). Oats (bush’ls). Barley (hush’ls).. Ashlev f Kaiapoi Asmej (.i Ashley Cheviot ... Cheviot 1,107 i 958 50 1,440 800 49 24,479 1 40,105 { 20,064 1 12,318 21,338 17,280 583 j 4,880 i 3,297 176 ; 703 i 5,359 48 ' 206 i 2,241 1 -46,019 1 73,922 1 44,943 3,205 1,692 220 1,550 715 4,110 620 400