WHEAT AND OATS.
THRESHING RETURNS.
Returns of actual threshings received to April 19 from threshing millowners show that, so far, 3,575,519 bushels of wheat and 3,282,834 bushels of oats have been threshed out. The average yields per acre in crises where particulars of areas were furnished work out at 23.50 bushels for wheat, and 31.37 bushels for oats. The following table is published in the "Monthly Abstract of Statistics," showing, by land districts, the quantity of wheat and oats threshed, and the yield per. acre in each case: —
WHEAT,
Quantity Ay. yield threshed, per acre. Bushels^ Bushels. Auckland 475 15.16 Hawke's Bay ... 3,007 20.88 Taranaki ... ... 2,926 26,84 Wellington ... 52,881 21.85 Nelson ... ... . ,9456, 17.87 Marlborough , ... 12,680 19.84 Westland ... ... — - - ' — Canterbury ... 2,899,840 22.59 Otago 574,243 29.21 Southland ... 20,311 28.83 Totals ... 3,575,519 23.50 OATS. Quantity Ay. yield threshed, per acre. Bushels. Bushels. Auckland 1,019 23.72 Hawke's Bay ... 19,721 25.91 Taranaki 6,484 32.58 Wellington ... 101,553 28.04 Nelson ... ... 17,487 24.18 Marlborough ... 32,314 26.55 Westland — Canterbury ... 1,419,230 25.58 Otago 874,578 39.00 Southland 810,448 37.44 Totals ... 3,282,834 31.37
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXVII, Issue 4054, 10 May 1917, Page 3
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170WHEAT AND OATS. Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXVII, Issue 4054, 10 May 1917, Page 3
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