AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS.
number ot horned cattle, 22,909, including 7,733 breeding cows. The following are tho acreages and estimated yiolds of the chief crop 3 in the several counties :
The agricultural returns of the Oountv ? f »^ il L taki aw-'-Wheat, 35,098 acres, 1,893,473 bushels; oats, 27,133 acres 839,992 bushels; barley, 2,313 acres' bushels; potatoes, 2,064 acres, 7,224 tons,
The following is an abstract of the agricultural returns for South Cantorbury :— Number of holding—Freehold, 108S ; rented, 473; part routed part freehold' 292 ; total, 1851. Crops. Acres. Bushels. Wheat 64,150 1,836,359 Oats, for hay ... 6,063 . Oata, for grain ... 57,234 2,189,266 Barley ... 3,311 115,852 Kye or bere 260 6,220 Peas 139 3,284 Beans 150 5,625 Grass seeds — 26,031 Ions. Hay 1,832 2,349 Potatoes 1,623 8,202 Land broken up but not under Acres. crop ... •• ••• ... 18,427 Turnips or rape ., ,, ... 54,492 Other roots 548 Other crops i« .. 32 In grass after ploughing 385,912 In grass without ploughing 20,182 In gardens 591 In orchards .. 705 Total under crop and grasses 573.914 In plantations .. 4,757 List year's produced on landBushels. Wheat • ... ... 117,301 Oats ,. 114,350 Barley ■ • 6,250
Geral- Wai- Maokendine. mate. zie. Whea f , aoros 39,434 22,631 2,085 Wheat, bus.,.. 1,127,269 654,495 54,595 Oats, acres ... 20,274 23.644 3.31B Oats, bushels 1,112,330 852,881 124045 Barley, acres 1,446 1,755 110 Barley, bus. 56,235 57,287 2,330 Potatoes, ac. 1,251 315 57 Potatoes, tons 6.549 1,443 219 Turnips, acres 22,722 25.151 6,619 f erain The estimated average produoe o in bushels per acre in the district for tha last three years is as follows : — 1888. 1889. 1890. Wheat ... ... 28.3 25.S 28.6 Oats ... 32.2 31.9 42.5 Barley ... ... 27.2 30.9 35.0
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Temuka Leader, Issue 2025, 27 March 1890, Page 1
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265AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS. Temuka Leader, Issue 2025, 27 March 1890, Page 1
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