N. S. W. Wheat Crop

Horowhenua Chronicle, 14 October 1915, Page 4

N. S. W. Wheat Crop

The New South Wales 'wheat crop gives present indications of being a record one, not only in the acreage crop, but in the returns per acre. According to the returns supplied to tho Government Statistician, the airea ■under wheat this year amounts to 6, 138,000 acres. This area is nearly a million acres greater than the highest area previously sown in Now South Wales?' Last year the area was 4,157,577 acres, but, unhappily, the yield was very law The increase on this occasion was general throughout tho wheat belt, Farm ore naturally made an effort to recoup the losses of last year Toy sowing a largo aroa. In addition, there was an appeal from tho British Government for a heavy (sowing, and ill support of that, the State Government had guaranteed a price of 4s per bushel for all wheat grown on now land this year, as an inducement to wheatgrowers. to increase their areas. Apparently the Government bonus will apply to tho produce from 980,423 acres, the actual estimated increase on last year's Area. Not only is the urea this year a record, but at the present time there is every prospect of something like a record crop 'being h.arvcsted from the area sown. In this connection the Government Statistician says. —"It is too early to forecast the probable grain harvest, "but it is evident that if anything like the yield anticipated at the present time by fanners ho realised, a crop will result considerably in excess of that of any previous year, and will tax severely the facilities both for garnering and disposing of the crop." Mr Trivctt estimates that as much as 1,100,000 acres may tie cut for hay, as stocks were depleted by the drought. Tin's would still leave over 4,000,000 acres to be stripped for grain. An average yield of 13 bushels, which would he a moderate return a« the eUnps show at present, would mean a return oT 52,000,000 hiwhels of wheat. Tt may be greater. Tho highest return up to this year was 38.020..1R1 hushels ,n 1914."