THRESHING RETURNS.
WHEAT AND OATS. The results of shreshing operations carried out during the period JanuaryMarch haye been ascertained from returns .received up to April 23. The figures show that 4,347,750 bushels of wheat and 1,347,600 bushels of oats have been threshed from harvested areas vf these crops, the ascertained average yields per acre being 26.98 bushels for wheat and 38.17 bushels for oats. A table is appended showing for each laqd district the quantities of wheat and oats threshed, and the average yield per acre in each case.'
Of the total threshed 4,083,354 bushels were “firsts.” ' Oats.
Wheat. Ar’ge. Yield Total per Threshed. acre. Bushels. Bushels. Gisborne ...... 1,384 26.11 Hawke’s Bay 6,406 23.04 Taranaki ...... 4,150 35.17 Wellington ... 144,767 29.48 Nelson 18,067 20.62 Marlborough . 86,856 28.14 Canterbury .. 3,514,529 26.47 Otago 524,448 30.13 Southland 47,143 27.70 Totals .... 4,347,750 26.9S
Av’ge. Yield Total per Threshed . acre. Bushels. Bushels Hawke’s Bay .... 2,738 44.16 Taranaki 485 40.42 Wellington 37,811 35.47 ... 10,129 32.89 Marlborough ... 31,039 36.26 Canterbury ... 546,973 32.15 Otago ... 316,738 40.68 Southland ... 401,687 49.00 Totals / .. 1,347,600 38.17
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 55, Issue 177, 10 May 1935, Page 2
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