WHEAT AND OATS
ESTIMATED AREAS IN SEED AN INCREASE THIS SEASON The following estimates of the areas under wheat and oats in the Dominion for the current season have been issued by the Government Statistician at date October 26, the figures being based on the usual card census:— Wheat—North Island, 3,500 acres; South Island, 218,500 acres; total, 222,000 acres. Oats—North Island, 35,000 acres; South Island, 370.000 acres; total, 405,000 acres. The corresponding final totals for the preceding season (1925-26) were 153,248 acres of wheat and 367,205 acres of oats. Wheat, therefore, has an estimated increase in area this season of 68,752 acres, and oats an increase of 37,795 acres. The areas under the different main varieties of wheat grown are specified as follows. —Tuscan or Longberry, 151,728 acre’s; Hunter’s (various), 28,373 acres; Velvet or Pearl, 13,402 acres.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19721, 11 December 1926, Page 23 (Supplement)
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137WHEAT AND OATS Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19721, 11 December 1926, Page 23 (Supplement)
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