SMALL WHEAT HARVEST.

Taranaki Daily News, 23 March 1920, Page 5

SMALL WHEAT HARVEST.

LOWEST YIELD SINCE 1376.; APPEAL TO GBOW MORE. By Telegraph.— Press AMOdtUan.. ' Christchurcb, Last Night. In a statement made to-night the Hon. • - W. NoSVorthy said the official ettimat*! /';s of land sown in wheat this year is] '''• 1-12,900 acres, which is the lowest Bines. IS7A. and with an estimated yield of 20 bushels per acre this will produce only 4,145,840 bushels. ThLi yield wiU lie insufficient for the requirement! o( the Dominion, but with about two mil* lion bushels of Australian wheat on hand it is hoped, with the small sWiy* over from last harvest, that the supply, for the next twelve months will be! sufficient to meet internal demands)* "On behalf of the Government I 4iUH , to make a very strong appeal to far* mers to grow as much wheat as tney possibly can this year in order tfu& ;i sufficient will be produced for the Dftrf'' mininr. "mirements and thus awMiii the necessity of going to Australia, «#3 elsewhere for supplies," added the Jfin*j)| ister. "I trust farmers, when they?! realise.the position, will respond to tWI appeal of the Government, and ttvfi* ensure that New Zealand will be supporting in this very essential com- '-' modity. To my mind it is a very »w : ions state of things when a young .■: country such as this, with a little over a million people, is unable to satisfy its own wants as far as wheat la eon« . cerned."