AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 283, 20 March 1877, Page 3

AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS.

(" Otntfo t'iv'ly tlmi:.-'.'") Our A-jrimitturai Statistics have been compiling ti.ia year with a reasonably wnounti ng cdetity, and wilt t»o found tn another coluuir. Without ontorm*.: mto Mails, w '''•'« ! * wlll li,; ' l!H ' sfc lulwfc pLul m |,,U ° tables itsotf, wo wilt statu tho principal rosults. Tiu* total acroa-t? under urop Ust WIU ac"os r a.'ain>*t 4fd,(iW t-a»t ywar - atv tnoroas> of iU.OSIi acivs. t.iw tuttubor of I'ioldiux* had cu< oruiwrnl from 417-' to It 2-rwt » vwry hil{!i fate ln«ry:i»o in a younx cnuncry lilfo till is*, but still allowing stwuly pro :r 'w'Clio "Hiss land had incroasod by bV>,OOti a«vii!»v'<>f 6" "- t,,,a!,,? 3- «.()'>(> -vn-y noarty two-tsliiril** <•>? the wholu cultivated ana. 'Clio pm-tly products are as fullow-t, and it is thi'so ti-ures whtcu will hivvu tho uu>»t iutwrost as afu;otiux mar* lots : Whout, tii.fsvl .... I.:ii.'i.;:i»: Hm-as" '•";":■;;;:» (UK «!• <U-ivi.so ■->•.■.>■«> u-wiiw a.. 'i*' ,j ",; : :,[- I'ol.it.ws. totiil . . ay i inma.u; :\'..''> T!iu (icroaso inoats was to bo cxpootod. that SW.tffV l.n«!u-U ♦>? t':told invp win-.' roturn d a.-i still tu hands, and that prio;s h idbwu botow a paying lovot alt tlO past year, tt boat shiiw./ii satisfactory incroas \ ami, as t'it d.uua'" t>y tl.oiU tnnu our. afr.or nil to hnvu boon voty slight, it '« d ' u ' t!,il * wt " »!iull havo no aoiu-jity i t'us lkm;.-sai ry cv.mmodd.y. Turuiu* to the I'autorbnry vutiiiMis, lituUc Shis lu-ad .\-y son tho wti'--ar. crop thorn was estimated at -.701 o'J-> bushels: ivl.l to. this the crop, as ah"- I 'j:;"».:::):]■ bushets,. mil wo haw a t, ■ < ~(• ."■ !>:;;,ots budu-u MLowimc V> , ,:•, 'f..r '.i-.M.....:.-d .v. 1 i-c'if- U'Vi'-in. (l . • -, ~..,. . ; . n i:. ~ -.n- i's'n.!.';i--:dtiioiv:h ... . „ :!■ la 1U .. 1V ....,.., t!u> yi-ld ~. ..;;.. . out, I>''m."V t'r\;i ■■Atiuiati-.-d ,'v, ;•,.. ,ia-. u a s!:rolu* -■' si-uiet'iin-' ldi.- T:>o <:'«) Lusiioh of" w!,.-: f'of fSnui-t. ,ni i; c ali...vu-c .oil 1.m.V.,-1, |»-c head on .t)(),()t)i)- souls, for otu- ovvi. v>risniiiptiorv tlivmidiouh Now Zealand-not takin- info nuu!>uiit the smalt n.narttitirs -towh in NuUou, TaFanalu, Ancklani!.. Ac. wlucli may total up to tOO.O<)<> bushels iuoio. Tin; niarkut uiust, thoiHd'on>„ a-a;u dprnd in a lai".:u luertsuru "« tho dyiuiuul f<;iAustralia and England, and thtro is luitliiiix to warrant'lixii P«i' ls illtll ; l;rl ' of thiso plaiit-s. Though at prtsorvt SyiU liny inn I iVltdbonrnu otfer a fair vuarkyt at apparently good pviut'S, tln> charts my very liDiivy' foe transit and d'lty. ■*; antinipatf, thoroforo,. tlu> sfc.ui.Lird of valuo wilt bo bt-twooa four siullui-s and four and sisponci-, whiidi wilt pay farniors Vor/ fiiirty,. and prniut ot lovvor prious t!:arv rulo at ptt-snufc for tlotir and bvwul. Tnw railways will tmablo the crop to bo brought to inarlvt:t with tar iniifu facility lUul loss oxpoiise than was fchu caso a yoar or so that, on tiiw wluilu, fcho growors should not l>o vi ry badly uIV yoar, although a How individuals may havo <«i.il&rod suvoroty fc'j* the Hoods.