GRAIN RETURN.
£BT THiHORAFH.] L«OM OV& OOBBBISFOKDIOT.] WEIiLQiGTOIft May 14. A' grain return shows a decrease this year of 7 per cent, in the area under crop, but only 3 per cenfc. ehortooming in the total yield, owing to the superiority of the crop orer that of thi» precediagyear. Oats ehottr an increase of 16 per centrinarea and 24 per cent, in yield. The total yield for the colony ie estimated at 8,448,59$ bushels of wheat, average 25.16 per acre; 13,657,092 of oats, 32.09 per acre; 1,842,978 of barley, 81.67 per aore.
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Press, Volume XLVII, Issue 7552, 15 May 1890, Page 5
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