SEASON'S PROSPECTS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 316, 16 February 1910, Page 7

SEASON'S PROSPECTS

CORN AND GREEN CROPS. DEPARTMENT'S ESTDUTES. The following is the Agricultural Department's estimate of the area under certain crops and the conditions of the crops on January 10. 1910: Wheat (area for threshing)--10(M-10, 311,000 acres'; 11)08-1), 252,391 acres; increase. 58,000 acres. Oats (area for threshing) —1909-10, 377,000 acres; 1008-9, 400,008 acres; decrease. 20.008 acres. Barley (area for threshing)—l9oo-10, 41,500 acres; 1908-9. 45,8,j8 acres; decrease, 7353 acres. Ryegrass (area for sewl) 1909-10, 50,550 acres; 1908-9, 50,120 acres; increase, 0424 acres'. Cocksfoot (area for seed) 20,500 acres; 190S-0, 32,705 acres; decrease, 3205 acres. Potatoes 1908-9, 29,919 acres; increase, SSI acres. • Turnips 1908-9, 530,030- acres; decrease, 8080 acres, iiape—rJU'.i-iu, ■j.zoydii acres; jwa-s/, 220.240 acres; increase, 4795 acres. There is a large increase in the area of peas in Marlborough, and of maize in Auckland and Taranaki. TARANAKI. The following are the areas and estimated yields in the Taranaki district, the figures for the last year being given in parentheses: — Wheat. 1,000 30 30,000 (750) (3(5) (27,216) Oate. 3.500 42 147,000 (3.108) (42) (133,05(1) Barley. 1.200 45 54,000 (1,200) (45) (.77,105) Ryegrass. 150 30 4,500 (151) (.30) (4,770) Cocksfoot. 000 7 4,200 (570) (S) (4=032) Turnips. 18.000 (] 0.038) Rap*. 4.500 (4.070)