AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 608, 13 April 1876, Page 2

AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS.

FttU Asricnituml static to for the Tro m ▼i'loefl of Nelson, and ALuiborough io* Dim year, have been published— those o( Csnterl.uty w« g«re sonje fortnight ago. Those for M^borough show that the difference between the esfiuiated crops of 1875 find 1876 fur that province are a$ aa lollowH ;—; —

-tnenii-nbtroi h■] h ngl of one acre &nd upwards in extent are 4i9: exmt Of land broken up but not under won, 2,039 acroSj eowu in S'^rt ?T\ n> 110814 ttCrM - «*"»* ted to yield 36,716 bmbela j m o»u for greon food 1,6831 %T^l°l e ?^ M92t acro -'' estimated to yield 7 ',624 bushels >, m s'>wn grasies 921 aores, estimated to yield ],314 i tons of h*j 5 m prt . * n - ent artifli-ial gr.s* i.Hudwg land in bay, 28,330 "■"■ in PoUloes 285 i acrei, ettimuted to yield 1,628tt0n», in other oro^g, 39) ac-rei j total number of acres under crop, including eown grasi-s, 36,100 i. Kem»ining from lait ye»r > i crop :-• «4 hcshel* wheat, 1,525 bushels oat«, »nd 2 ;,J bushe!» barley. Tliose for Nelsondariag the same period i nf c 2— *•

— ille number of holding! of on* acre in extent and upward*, 1,2*50 i extent of land broken tip bfctnot lindarcrup, 2 4iS| *cres J sown m whnt for g-iin only, 1, 3i* » C re. ; emmated yield, 29,382 bu»he!Bj sown hi oats for g- am feed, 2 7. r >7i ao.«» ; sown m outi for grain 2,722 acres j fstnuat.id y>i-!d, 71.85 L busheln j ioi»n m b*ri«y for e rai only, 1,35) acres } estimated ji«»IH, 30,5 19 bushel*} town { n gram for hot, 3*l'J9^ •cms, etfcimated to yield 8 963 i tons of h*y \ is pprm-inent artificial jjrasf, including laud iv h»y, 57,028} nc-e» j in po atoe% 1,871 fcf-res—ca'i-luiitmi yield 5,786,^ tons 5 in otnerfcrops, 2 401 { »oi-es > total nu-tiner f icren us er j^j)p, inolu I* ing «owra grasses, 69,7G"t}. Tbe quannty of Kit yearV crop nniai.iin^ on hand wbe-i tb« icrm was fil.cd up ! -,9 7 bushel's Of wheat, 1,875 bushels of oats, and 150 bu>h<-ls of barley, We shall no doubt soon be able to fur' nish oar readers with the returns mosfr interesting to them, those namely of ths Province of Auckland*

Wnwt <».««) 24,1 ;4 .. 25,718 inoreaw 8,852 2«« Jo. 41,011 ... H«O3 do 33 692 Barley do. 42 702 ... 70,623 do 27,922Pot*foe« (toas) 1,379 .. 1,628 do 249

Wheat (bsle) 87524 ... 29 382 deareaie B,lif OaU do 75,083 .. 71.65 Ldo 3 2tti Barluy 66 24 74d .. Bt>,sx9 increaie 11,,73 rotatot'i (tohs) 6.237 ... 5 796 decree 841