AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS.

Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 463, 16 April 1890, Page 4

AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS.

Mr Thomas Seaman has just completed the annual agricultural statistics for nine counties in the North Island. The returns show an enormous decrease in the area of land under grass. The statistics are as follows : Otamatea County. and 21 leaseholds, 79 acres of land broken up, but not in crop, 64 acres in wheat estimated to produce 1,008 bushels, 153 acres in green oats, and 102 for grain, 5 acres barley, 34 acres green maize, and 64 for grain, 22 acres in peas, 20 acres beans, 5 acres for ensilage, 1,762 acres in grass, 19,182 acres surface sown grass, 1,071 acres for grass seed, 43 acres in potatoes, 40 acres turnips and similar crops, 20 acres garden, 196 acres orchard, making a total number of acres under crop and in grass of 21,705. The horned cattle amount to 4,725. Rodney C0unty.—37,521 acres of land under crop, 530 freeholds and 39 rented, 7,416 cattle, 726 acres broken-up but not under crop, 86 acres wheat, oats, 94 acres (grain); 248 acres green food; maize, 36 acres (green), 127 acres (gram); 52 acres rye-grass; peas, beans, turnips, mangolds, and other crops, 53 acres ; 7 acres hops, 90 acres garden, 721 acres orchards, and 124 acres plantation of forest trees. Waitemata C0unty.—27,233 acres under cultivation, 7,667 cattle, 576 freeholds, 93 rented, 1,589 . acres broken up, not in crop, 30 acres wheat, 850 acres green oats, 13 acres grain ditto, 30 acres barley, 85 acres green maize, 34 grass ditto, 15 acres rye, peas and 412 acres for ensilage, 11,110 acres in grass, 13,609 acres grass surface sown, 467 acres grass seed, 157 acres potatoes, 116 acres turnips, 32 acres mangolds and beets, 78 acres in other crops, 162 acres garden, 912 acres orchard, 22 acres forest plantation.

Ei>en County.—2B,o26 acres in cultivation -with crops, 5,392 cattle, 708 freeholds, 37S rented, 352 acres broken up but not in crop, 258 acres wheat, 571 acres green oats, 104 grain oats, 12 acres barley, 150 acres green maize, 1

lore grain maize, 12 acres peas and beans, j 1,123 acres for ensilage, 18,915 acres grass, | 5,949 acres surface sown grass, 781 acres > potatoes, 12 acres turnips, 87 acres mangolds and beet, 41 acres in other crops, 621 acres garden, 512 acres orchard, 404 acres forest trees. Manukau C0unty.— 143,712 acres under crop, 32,758 cattle, 1,503 freeholds, 247 rented, 3,956 acres land broken up bub not under crop, 4,454 acres wheat, 5,740 acres green oats, 3,506 acres grain oats, 431 acres barley, 578 Acres green maize, 40 acres grain maize, 17 acres rye, 127 acres peas, 9 acres beans, 4,013 acres for ensilage, 63,155 acres grass, 62,140 acres grass (surface sown), 1 1,973 acres cocksfoot grass for seed, 2,732 acres of rye for seed, 1,369 acres potatoes, 559 acres turnips, 158 acres mangolds and beet, 57 acres other crop 3, 215 acres garden, 1,147 acres orchard, 794 acres forest plantation. Thames County.— lo,63o acres under crop, 3,603 cattle, 136 freeholds, 54 rented, 272 acres broken up, bub not under crop ; 2 acres wheat, 268 acres green oats, 8 acres grain oats, 48 acres maize, 11 acres peas and beans, 235 acres for ensilage, 3,827 acres grass, 6,106 acres surface sown grass, 76 acres grass seed, 82 acres potatoes, 40 acres other crops, 16 acres garden, and 222 acres orchard. Coromandel County.— 4,l4o acres under crop, 2,595 cattle, 75 freeholds, 47 rented, 289 acres broken up, bub not in crop, 2 acres wheat, 116 acres green oats, 12 acres green maize, 21 acres grain maize, 78 acres for ensilage, 834 acres grass, 2,999 ditto surface sown, 67 acres grass seed, 34 acres potatoes, 2 acres tobacco, 10 other crops ; 42 acres garden, 68 acres orchard, 10 forest nlantations. Piako County.— lsß,o34 acres undercrop, 19,674 head of cattle. 181 holdings, 1,299 acres of land broken up, bub nob in crop, 28 acres wheat, 043 acres green oats, 1,273 grain oats, . 6 acres barley, 13 acres green maize, 7 acres rye, peas and beans, 268 acres for ensilage, 54,207 acres grain, 94,312 acres surface sown grass, _ 140 acres potatoes, 5,917 acres of turnips, 20 acres other crops, 23 acres garden, 245 acres orchard, 944 acres forest plantation. Ohinemuri County. —7,9os acres undei grass, 1,987 head of cattle, 108 holdings, 1L acres broken up butnotincrop,l7acresgreer maize, 11 acres maize for grain, 173 acies sown grass, 241 acres grass for haj 3,366 acres pasturage grass, 3,984 acres o: surface sown grass, 85 acres potatoes 112 acres turnips, 8 acres mangolds, 11 acres garden, 105 acres orchard, and If acres forest plantation.