CEREAL STATISTICS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8057, 2 March 1906, Page 2

CEREAL STATISTICS.

I'Eli I'HKSS ASSOCIATION. Wki.ungtox, March 1. The Agricultural Department has compiled a table giving the area in the colony, under wheat, oat s and barley, and the estimated yield, also an amount of (lour and wheat 011 hand as at October Ist last. The figures areas follows: wheal 222,!)1>5 acres, estimated yield 28 bushels per acre, total yicd 0,243,020 bushels; oats 3(i0,51i!l acres, estimated average yield 3-), total yield L2,<iUl,(<ls bushels; barley 2!),(i!l acres estimated an average yield of 30, total yield 8811,320 bushels iu June last. The wheat on hand available for all purposes us at 28lh February, 11)05, was slated at 10,22(5,000 bushels, and wheat and Hour imported from Ist March, ' 191)5 to 31st October, PJOS, at 11,311 bushels. This lias been disposed of as follows: for seed 223,571. acres at two bushels per acre 447,112 bushels; consumption for a population of 1)10,000 at six bushels per head per annum for eight months, March to October of last year, 3,(110,000 bushels; wheat and Hour exported from "March lo October of lasl year 825,747 bushels, leaving on hand al October 31st last 5.325,052 bushels. The amount actually returned on October 31st, last as per returns was 2,!1',10,553 bushels of a heat on hand. The requirements on March 31st, Willi, not including Ibis season's crop, will be approximately 1,1-40,553 bushels. Kxporls and imports for the four months are uol taken into account.