The Chronicle. PUBLISHED DAILY LEVIN. SATURDAY, JUNE 21, 1913. FIELD PRODUCE RECORDS.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 21 June 1913, Page 2

The Chronicle. PUBLISHED DAILY LEVIN. SATURDAY, JUNE 21, 1913. FIELD PRODUCE RECORDS.

From statistics published in a, recent Gazetto Tho Chronicle notes the satisfactory naturo of tho average yield of field produce throughout Now Zealand. Certainly the wheat and oat yields' averages are small by comparison with tho individual exceptions that find most publicity ; but when all is said, it remains a source of satisfaction to note that in oats tho average yield for all New Zealand is 35-12 bushels to tho acre, wheat 27.28, and barley 36.75. Peas yielded 25.83 bushels per aero and maize 47.43. A somewhat astonishing feature of tho wheat yields lies in the fact that the pastoral district of Taranaki has an average of 36.43 —the highest in the dominion-—while agricultural Canterbury has actually tho lowest: 26.56. The advantages of heat and a comparatively dry climate for nume-growing are shown in the fact that tho averago acreage yield is 48.17 bushels in Auckland province and only 30 bushels in Taranaki. COLD STOWAGE AND HIGH PRICES. Remarkable figures concerning the cold storage of I'ood in various large cities in America are contained in a report by the Department of Agriculture, New York. In thirteen cities the total value of certain selected foods kept, in cold storage in one year was £27.720,000, made up as follows :— £ Beef 3,000,000 Mutton 320,000 Pork 3,600,000 Butter 8,000,000 Eggs 12,800,000 The conclusion at which the investigators arrived w.as that cold storago had practically no effect on market prices throughout tho year.