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Horowhenua Chronicle, 30 September 1910, Page 2

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In ' no : ■!' our iss -es of n went da to v.'o sp:»Ui» i;|' the great aids to int : !':gcot farming which arc given by the statistical bii'ieaux of the •;!riiins nations and their elependi'licios (hrnugniit t.ho world. On iuat Oceanian wo dealt with the figu;os :-.-->>■■:■ 1.1u,.ii; wheat, hut space liKvl.i sod reference in dc'tail to l!io r.the.r important cereals and legume-;. The followng details are up-inied in the full belief that they will bo of real benefit to our farmer readers. They are taken from the advance sheets of tire N'.'W Zealand Year Hook, which were sent to us from the office of tec Registrar-General. T.o "-.liniated extent of land in .at • "rwu for grain in 1910 was 'J77.i:(iO acres, again- 1 40(5,908 acre, har\'estod in the preceding year. The brra-H'!! of land in cats for chaffing, ensilage or feeding down with stock was not ascertained for last season. The estimated yield pen acre wo?, in 191.0, .'37 bushels, and in 1909..!']. !<; |,- :k lk.>ls, and the 'i "::.ii ! ,v of grain produced wa,s !.5.M01,Cr,0 bushels and 18,900,788 bushels for each year respectively. The -:r.t crop far 1909 in the Stales f tl'c Cum no x'-ealth <J Australia uid »w Zealand wrs as foil ws:— Xnv South' Wales, 59.881 acres, 1.119,11;.) bushels, 18.09 average pen' acre: Vioi-vh. ,'IO,BGJ) acres", 11,-!-M,910 b;i>lie!-i, 20.50 average per acre; Queensland, 1797 acres, 38,811 bushels. 21.00 average per acre; South Australia, 78,194 acres, ! .280,235 bushels. 10.31 average pel acre; Western Australia, 50,-101 acres. 7:39,303 bushels. 12.43 overage \Y'V a"ie; Tasmania, 56,054 acres. 1,901,010 bushels, 31.35 average per acre; Xcw Zealand, 400.908 acre-;, bushels, 46.40 average per acre. The estimated n.rea under 'barley (for threshing) for the season 190910 was 41,500 acres, the crop being stimatod at 1,30-1,000 bushels, an average yield per acre of 31 bush--ds. In 1909 >t!:c area under barley was 48,853 acres, and the yield 1.938,452 bushels, or 39.67 bushels per acre. There were 3506 in rye, yielding 91,150 bushels, or at the rate of 20 bushels per acre, in 1909, against 2958 acres and 70,702 bushels, the rate being 23.9 bushels per aero, in 1908. This is the latest information available.

There were 688 acres under hops in 1909, as against 865 acres last year. No account of the produce has been taken for some years, hut in 1895 the yield was 7556cwt. In 1905 the total quantity used iby the breweries amounted to 51550wt. Of the land under hops in 1909,

(>5-» acres wovo in tho Wnimea County and 20 in Takakn, both in the provincial district of Nelson. The import of hops in 1909 amounted to sl6ewt, and the exports, the produce 'of the dominion, to 3107 cwt.

A perusal of (Jlie foregoing facts and statistics may bo of very groat advantage to agriculturalist's who peruse thorn now. "When the completed Year Book comes out the time may be loss opportune than at. present.