THE WHEAT SUPPLIES.
Wellington, July 1
In the New Zealand Gazette of March 18, 1909, there appeared a return showing the estimated yield per acre of wheat, oats and barley, for the Dominion, viz.:—Wheat 33 bushels, oats 42 bushels, and barley 34 bushels. The actual yields now to hand are as follows —Wheat 34.75 bushels per acre, oats 46.46, barley 39.67. The area of wheat for for threashing was 252,391 acres, and the total yield is computed at 8,772,790 bushels. The amount of wheat and flour returned or on hand on the 31st October, 1908 (as per returns) was 1,761,543. The amount of wheat and flour imported from the Ist November, 1908, to the 28th February, 1909, was 191,242. This gives a total of 10,725,566 bushels. The wheat and flour exported from the Ist November, 1908, till the 28th February, 1909, was 6,143 bushels. The consumption for the same period, for a population 968,000, at the rate of 6 bushels per head per annum, is 1,936,000, leaving available for all purposes as at 28th February, 1909, 8,783,423 bushels.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXI, Issue 464, 3 July 1909, Page 3
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178THE WHEAT SUPPLIES. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXI, Issue 464, 3 July 1909, Page 3
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