WHEAT AND OATS

Press, Volume LXXXI, Issue 24624, 21 July 1945, Page 3

WHEAT AND OATS

PROGRESS THRESHINGS WHEAT AVERAGE 38.25 BUSHELS The following table gives the results of threshing operations carried out during the months of January-Aprll, 1945, according to returns received by the statisticlan’s office from threshing mill operators up to May 31. The figures show that 131006 acres of wheat threshed returned a total yield of 5.010,963 bushels, the average yield an acre being 38.25 bushels, 37,237 acres of oats threshed produced 1 855,106 bushels, the average yield an acre being 49.82 bushels.

Wheat Aver. Yield Total Area an threshed threshed acre Bush. Acres Bush. North Auckland 180 6 30.00 Auckland 118 5 23.60 Gisborne .. 2,247 87 25.83 Hawke’s Bay .. 10,581 319 33.17 Taranaki .. 3,873 70 55.33 Wellington .. 114,460 2,713 42.19 Marlborough .. 257,255 6,182 41.51 Nelson .. 11.461 339 30.86 Canterbury .. 4,148,665 109,642 37.84 Otago ,. 428,388 10,862 39.44 Southland .. 33,735 781 43.19 Totals .. 5.010.963 131,006 38.25 Oats Aver. Yield Total Area an threshed threshed acre Bush. Acres Bush. Auckland .. 265 9 29.44 Hawke’s Bay .. 935 44 21.25 Wellington .. 33,921 779 43.54 Marlborough .. 31,409 1,127 27.87 Nelson .. 8,719 267 32.66 Canterbury .. 1,244,155 26,576 46.81 Otago .. 237,000 4,603 51.49 Southland .. 298,702 3,832 77.95 Totals .. 1,855,106 37,237 49.82