THE CROPS OF THE COLONY.
The area under crop in the Colony and the estimated yield in the different cereals, as calculated by the Agricultural Department, are as follows : — Wheat, 206,463 acres, or 27 bushels to the acre — total 5,574,555 bushels ; oats. 449,534 acres, or 34 bushels per acre — total, 15,284,156 bushels ; barley, 30,831 acres, or 30 bushels per acre —total, 924,930 bushels. Mb. F. Mkknan, King street, reports : — Wholesale prices onlyOats : Feed, fair to good, Is 4d to Is 6d ; milling, Is 6d to Is 7d. Wheat: milling, 2a 5d to 2s 6d ; fowls', Is Dd to 2s 2d. Potatoes : New, local, L 4. Chaff: Good demand for prime up to L 2 15s; inferior, hard to Bell ; medium, L 2 ss. Straw : pressed 30s, market bare ; loose, 30s. Flour : Sacks, 2001bs. L 6 10s ; 501bs, L 7 ; 251bs, L 7 sa. Oatmeal : 251bs, L 9 10s. Butter : Dairy, 6d to 8d ; factory, 9Jd to lOJd. Cheese : Dairy, 5d ; factory, 5Jd. Eggs, Is 3d. Onions : Melbourne, L 9 10s.
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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXIX, Issue 7, 14 February 1901, Page 13
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170THE CROPS OF THE COLONY. New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXIX, Issue 7, 14 February 1901, Page 13
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