Manawatu Standard ( PUBLISHED DAILY.) Survant la verites SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1883. VICTORIAN GRAIN YIELD.
According .to the estimate of the Ausr tralasian the yield of wheat m Viotoiia this season does not exceed the rather low average of B^9 brishels' per anre. It is eßtimated^that., there are 982,800 acres being reaped, and that /these will yield not more than 8,807,100 bushels. Thid : °wili *ftord ! 'but' 1 -a' comparatively 6mall surplus f for exportation. For seeding, an area of l#ob,ooo acres, at ; the rate ot l£ bushels p^r acre, .will rei quire 1,500,000 bushels, and allowing 5£ bushels per head for <«■ population of, H»y 900,000, will absorb 4,950,0001 : bushels, leaving; only 2,357 ,100 ijQSuels | for exportation", as against 3,333,459 bushels exported last year. The Leader ' gives, .the .number of :acres at ; 9^1 4^436 > and thY yield at ; 7,729,390, or l an average of 8£ bushels per acre. Allowing 5£ bushels per head for food, land 1^ bushels per acre for seed, the ; Leader estimatesjthe Lome requirements at 6,093,045, ieaving 1,636,345 for export;
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Manawatu Standard, Volume 3, Issue 60, 3 February 1883, Page 2
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171The Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) Survant la verites SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1883. VICTORIAN GRAIN YIELD. Manawatu Standard, Volume 3, Issue 60, 3 February 1883, Page 2
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