AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXX, Issue 29, 17 July 1902, Page 13

AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS

Agricultural statistics for the Colony appear in last week's

' Gazette.' The estimate of the yields, of whea"t, oats, and barley was as follows .—Wheat, 25 bushels per acre ; oats, 34 bushels ; barley, 28 bushels. The actual yields are aa follows : — Wheat, 24.76 bushels per acre ; oats, 37.06 bushels ; barley, 32.28 bushels. The area in wheat for threshing was 162,462 acnes, yielding 4,046,589 bushels. The yields of the other crops were :—: — Oats, 15,045,233 bushels ; barley, 855,993 bushels; rye, 27,240 bushels; maize, 571,834 bushels , peas, 164,712 bushels ; beans, 88,905 bushels , rye grass, 356,765 bushels; cocksfoot, 4,481,3401 b ; potatoes, 206,815 tons. The apparent deficit in wheat is 36,152 bushels, but this will be increased by the large amount of the grain unlit for milling.

Messrs Donald Reid and Co. report as follows :—: — Oats. — There is no change to report. Export trade is in the meantime practically at a standstill, ajid any sales passing have been chiefly to local consumers Quotations . Primo milling, 2s 6£d to 2s 7£d , seed lines} 2s 7d to 2s lOd , good feed. 2s 4^d to 2s 6d , inferioi to medium, 2s to 2s 4d per bushel (sacks extra) Wheat, — We have some inquuy for lines of prime vel\e*t The:»e howe.ei are offering sparingly , the bulk of the southern crop in stores being more or less sprouted renders it unlit for millers requirements Other sorts of milling are not strongly inquired for Fowl wheat is offering more plentifully, but meets fair sale > We quote Prime milling, 3s lOd to 4s 3d ; medium to good, 3s 3d to 3s 9d ; whole fowl wheat, 3s to 3s 2d } bnoken and damaged, 2s 6d to 2s lOd per bu9hel (sacks extra). Potatoes. — Holders are not disposed to reduce reserves, and although the market continues to be well .supplied, late sales are rather in excess of arrivals We quoto Primo Derwents, £3 10s to £3 15s , others, £3 to £3 7s 6<l per ton (bo.gs in). Chaff — Prime oaten sheaf continues) to meet most attention from buyers, and this class is readily placed on arrival. Medium quality is faniv plentiful, and only saleable at a slight reduction \\o quote Prime oaten sheaf, £4 5s to £4 15s, medium to good £3 lUs to £4 inferior, £2 to £3 per ton (bags extra) . Turnips — A large supply came- forward to-day, and \alues suffeicd m consequence, best swedes selling ati 12a 6d to 13s Od per ton, loose, ex truck.