AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS.
The following are the agricultural r turns for the Counties of Penin sn i 6 " Taieri, and that part of Waikouaiti of the Waitati river ° atk Number of holdings Freehold, 711* rented, 300; part rented and Dart f. ' hold, 93. frce " Extent of land broken up but not im,i crop—3736 acres. ndcr In wheat—Sown for grain only, ]-g v acres; estimated gross produce, 177 nci bushels. ' ' In oats—For green food or hay, 3552 new.. for grain, 10,225 acres ; estimated grosswJ duce of grain, 399,654 bushels. " ° In barley—Sown for grain only, <i] fi acres; estimated gross produce, ' s-cn bushels. In hay—l43S acres; estimated gross nm duce, 2713 tons. In grasses, after having been broken im including such as in hay—30,959 acres. Grass-sown lands not previously ploughed including such as in hay—30,429 acres. ' In potatoes—744 acres ; estimated produce, 4346 tons. In other crops—37s3 acres. Total number of acres under crop, inchid. ing sowji grasses—s2,64S. Quantity of last year's crop remaining on hand when the form -was filled up—WW 35,741 bushels; oats, 4670 bushels ; barW 66 bushels.
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Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 927, 5 April 1879, Page 2
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